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The Politico Poll and Conservative Strength: A leftist lie out there that people keep believing.
American Thinker ^ | 05/21/2014 | Bruce Walker

Posted on 05/21/2014 10:38:36 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Politico has come out with a new poll, and the results in many ways are encouraging for Republicans. The population sample was from competitive House districts and competitive Senate races, so these results are particularly important in terms of winning congressional races legitimately in play in both houses of Congress.

Voters are more likely to vote for Republican candidates than Democrat candidates; those voters who strongly support one party over the other also favor Republicans; and voters who are enthusiastic about voting also favor Republicans. If this pattern in swing districts and states continues through to November, Republicans will not only capture the Senate comfortably, but also gain a significant number of House seats as well.

What ought to interest conservatives about these poll results, however, is the ideological demographics. Polling organizations – all polling organizations, whatever their political predisposition – show that conservatives outnumber liberals. Gallup, for example, has conducted a state-by-state poll of ideological sentiments for several years now. These polls all show that in almost every single state, there are more self-identified conservatives than liberals. Some years, in fact, Gallup reports that in every single state (no "almost") there are more conservatives than liberals.

The Battleground Poll also routinely shows that not only do conservatives outnumber liberals in America, but conservatives are the solid majority in America, greater in number than liberals, moderates, and those who did not respond to the question. Some conservatives, almost perversely, believe that the Battleground Poll, which is a bipartisan poll sponsored by George Washington University, and the Gallup Poll, which is about as “establishment” as a polling organization can be, are trying to lull conservatives into a false sense of confidence.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: conservatism; politico; poll
OK, next question -- if there are more conservatives than liberals, how come Obama won in 2008 and 2012?
1 posted on 05/21/2014 10:38:36 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Because the GOP ran crappy candidates!


2 posted on 05/21/2014 10:40:08 AM PDT by catman67
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To: catman67

And the GOP ran liberal republicans in 2008 and 2012


3 posted on 05/21/2014 10:45:36 AM PDT by LMAO (Insurgent conservative)
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To: catman67

So, the conclusion should be if you want Conservatives to come out to vote en mass, you must have a conservative candidate, otherwise they stay home en mass and allow Dems to romp?


4 posted on 05/21/2014 10:47:09 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (If at first you don't succeed, put it out for beta test.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Reagan 1980 and 1984 taught us this salient fact did it not?

FReegards!

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5 posted on 05/21/2014 10:56:16 AM PDT by Agamemnon (Darwinism is the glue that holds liberalism together)
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To: SeekAndFind

So, the conclusion should be if you want Conservatives to come out to vote en mass, you must have a conservative candidate, otherwise they stay home en mass and allow Dems to romp?

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In the long run, we’re better off with a Democratic romp than with RINOS.


6 posted on 05/21/2014 11:09:03 AM PDT by Socon-Econ
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To: LMAO
And the GOP ran liberal republicans in 2008 and 2012

And there is no end in sight as long as the GOP-e runs the party. A new party must be spawned since it is clear we cannot take over the GOP.
7 posted on 05/21/2014 11:35:01 AM PDT by Cheerio (Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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