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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: DanDerr who wrote (145559)	10/12/2012 12:49:29 PM
From: DanDerr	4 Recommendations Respond to of 224759

Take your pick, Kennedy. You Liar! Gallup As of 2010 [update], Gallup polling found that 31% of Americans identified as Democrats (tying a 22-year low), 29% as Republicans, and 38% as independents. [3] By 2011 Gallup found that Americans identifying as independents had risen to 40 percent. Gallup's historical data show that the proportion of independents in 2011 was the largest in 60 years. This increase came at the expense of Republican identification, which dropped to 27%, while Democratic identification held steady from 2011. Nevertheless, more American independents leaned to the Republican Party when compared to the Democrat Party. Combining leaners with each party's core identifiers, for 2011 the parties ended up tied at 45 percent. [4] In 2011 Gallup found seventeen states safely Republican or leaning Republican, up from 10 in 2010 and 5 in 2008. A total of 19 states (including the District of Columbia) were safe or leaning Democrat, down from 23 in 2010 and 36 in 2008. Gallup observed that the "greatest movement away from the Democrat Party came between 2009 and 2010, when the number of states with a Democrat advantage fell from 34 to 23". In 15 states no party had a clear political advantage for 2011. Gallup concluded that "President Obama faces a much less favorable environment as he seeks a second term in office than he did when he was elected president." [5] [ edit] Rasmussen Monthly Rasmussen Reports tracking of partisan trends found that in June 2012, 35.4% identified as Republicans, 34.0% as Democrats and 30.5% were unaffiliated. These numbers changed only slightly from the previous month. [6]