(Gallup Poll) Democrats’ 2008 Advantage in Party ID Largest Since '83

[sabra]

Source: Gallup Poll

An average of 36% of Americans identified as Democrats last year

PRINCETON, NJ -- An average of 36% of Americans identified themselves as Democrats and 28% as Republicans in 2008. That eight-point advantage is the largest for the Democratic Party since Gallup began regularly conducting its polls by telephone in 1988.



Those data are based on the average party identification in Gallup's 2008 stand-alone polls, consisting of more than 30,000 interviews.

The year-by-year trend shows that Democrats have gained ground against Republicans in each of the last five years, going from a deficit of two points in 2003 to the most recent eight-point advantage.

Additionally, the 36% of Americans who identified as Democrats last year matches the high point in Democratic identification since 1988, when it was also 36%. But since fewer Americans identified as Republicans last year (28%) than in 1988 (31%), the Democratic advantage was larger in 2008.

Read more: http://www.gallup.com/poll/113947/Democrats-2008-Advantage-Party-Largest.aspx

[tom_paine]

1. That good news. If those are the numbers the corrupted Bushies at Gallup are showing us

then it almost certainly means That the true gap is 8-12%.

That is excellent news.

Now, if we can only make sure the votes are counted (just because the Bushies backed off in 2008 doesn't mean they are gone).

[LynnTheDem]

2. In other words, America has been MORE DEMOCRATS than republics since

at least 1988.

Guess America ain't so "center-right" after all.

Ooooh I do love them exploding freeper heads! :D

[DCKit]

3. Still trying to justify the Obama squeaker, I see. n/t