Self-identified Republicans are becoming scarcer than diamonds

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http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070325/NATIONWORLD/703250431/-1/ZONES04

Poll: GOP losing support

WASHINGTON -- Public allegiance to the Republican Party has plunged since the second year of George W. Bush's presidency, as attitudes have edged from some of the conservative values that fueled GOP political dominance for more than a decade, a major new survey found.

The survey, by the nonpartisan Pew Research Center for People and the Press, found a "dramatic shift" in political party identification since 2002, when Republicans and Democrats were at rough parity. Now, half of those surveyed identified with or leaned toward Democrats, while only 35 percent aligned with Republicans.

What's more, the survey found the public attitudes are drifting toward Democrats' values: Support for government aid to the disadvantaged has grown since the mid-1990s, skepticism about the use of military force has increased, and support for traditional family values has edged down.

Those findings suggest that Republicans' political challenges reach beyond the unpopularity of the war in Iraq and Bush.

[wakeme2008]

1. makes you wonder how bush won in 2004

but not me... :grr:

[EFerrari]

2. Thanks, I was looking for something like this on Friday. n/t

[Stevepol]

3. and yet in GA and FL the Repubs would win hands down today

if the election were held, that is, assuming the electronic voting machines count the votes.

And just like Bush in 04, the Repubs in 08 could easily win the overall vote again, that is, if the vote is counted on electronic voting machines. Bush himself would only lose by 1-2% if he ran right now, that is, if the vote is counted on electronic voting machines.

DUH??

Every demographic favors the Dems, and every one of those demographics continues to grow in favor of the Dems, just as they were growing in 04, just as they favored the Dems in 04.

The only way Repubs can win today is by cheating, that is, by having the vote counted on electronic voting machines.