Posted on 11/02/2009 6:30:52 AM PST by markomalley
For the third straight month, the number of Americans identifying themselves as Democrats inched up while the number of Republicans fell slightly.
In October, 37.8% of American adults considered themselves Democrats. That’s up three-tenths of a point from September and a full-percentage point since July. While President Obama’s party has been regaining ground since bottoming out in July, the number of Democrats nationwide remains lower than in any month from December 2008 through June 2009. (See the History of Party Trends from January 2004 to the present.)
Still, there are more Democrats than Republicans. A total of 31.9% now claim an affiliation with the GOP. That’s down a point-and-a-half since July 2009 and the lowest number of Republicans since July 2008.
The number of unaffiliated adults held steady in October at 30.3%. Rasmussen Reports tracks this information based on telephone interviews with approximately 15,000 adults per month and has been doing so since November 2002. The margin of error for the full sample is less than one percentage point, with a 95% level of confidence. (Want a free daily e-mail update? If it's in the news, it's in our polls). Rasmussen Reports updates are also available on Twitter or Facebook.
Democrats now enjoy a 5.9 percentage-point edge over Republicans. That’s up two-and-a-half points since July and confirms other recent polling that suggests Democrats fell to low levels of support in July but have gained back some of their losses since then.
Keep in mind that figures reported in this article are for all adults, not likely voters. Republicans are a bit more likely to participate in elections than Democrats.
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But what do I know?
Those identifying themselves as conservatives are 40% as opposed to 20% for liberals. Until the GOP rebrands itself as conservative, it will continue to lag in party identification. What happened in the 23rd district of NY is why many no longer consider themselves as Republicans.
The election in 2010 decides whether we continue to exist as a country or not.
Bumping your post! Time to take the party back. No more lying RINO’s!
Switched to a Independent back in Sept. I believe many Rep.have switched, thats why #’s are down. I will vote for a Conservative period. I don’t care what “team” he/ she plays for.
“Those identifying themselves as conservatives are 40% as opposed to 20% for liberals. Until the GOP rebrands itself as conservative, it will continue to lag in party identification. What happened in the 23rd district of NY is why many no longer consider themselves as Republicans.”
You’ve hit on something. I’m seeing many Republicans in local races now putting “Republican/Conservative” in prominent letters on campaign materials where they used to only state Republican in years past. And I’m in NY.
Listening to John Boner yesterday, he’s still running away from the Conservative label and harping on the “big tent” BS. The national party still doesn’t get it.
Re-brands!!!! Problem is with people like Newt that means you lie about it.
“Keep in mind that figures reported in this article are for all adults, not likely voters. Republicans are a bit more likely to participate in elections than Democrats.”
That’s a big caveat.
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