Posted on 02/02/2012 9:19:57 PM PST by neverdem
Democrats have lost their solid political party affiliation advantage in 18 states since 2008, while Republicans have gained a solid advantage in 6 states. A total of 17 states were either solidly Republican or leaning Republican in their residents' party affiliation in 2011, up from 10 in 2010 and 5 in 2008. Meanwhile, 19 states including the District of Columbia showed a solid or leaning Democratic orientation, down from 23 in 2010 and 36 in 2008. The remaining 15 states were relatively balanced politically, with neither party having a clear advantage.
Gallup classifies each state as solid Democratic, leaning Democratic, competitive, leaning Republican, or solid Republican, based on the percentage of residents identifying with or leaning toward the Democratic versus Republican parties. The 2011 results are based on Gallup Daily tracking interviews with more than 350,000 U.S. adults, including interviews with 1,000 or more residents in each of the 50 states and 730 in the District of Columbia. Each state's sample is weighted to be representative of the state's adult population. The findings make it clear that U.S. states have undergone a dramatic political transformation since 2008, the year President Obama was elected, moving from a Democratically dominant political environment to one of parity.
The greatest movement away from the Democratic Party came between 2009 and 2010, when the number of states with a Democratic advantage fell from 34 to 23.
The greatest movement toward the Republican Party came a year later, between 2010 and 2011, with a net gain of seven GOP states, including Indiana, North Dakota, South...
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Gallup classifies 15 states as competitive, with the leading party having no more than a five-point advantage. The most competitive states in 2011 were Arkansas, Virginia, and North Carolina; in these, the parties were separated by less than one point...
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Why did I just read a national generic congressional poll (can’t recall which one) that had Demonrats up 41% to 40% over Republicans.
That doesn’t account for all 57 states. What about the rest?
Because the Republicans are taking over all the states that have fewer electoral votes. The dems are getting all the big states.
The big blue states that could get hungry real quick without unenlightened red states.
That’s why the rats want to do away with the electoral college.
Bingo.
How long will it be until we hear pundits on MSNBC threatening racial violence in the streets if Obama loses the election?
How long will it be until we hear pundits on MSNBC threatening racial violence in the streets if Obama loses the election?
Yes, they’ll use that scare tactic on the sheep and many will fall for it. They’ll use it as often as they can.
I think the red states are the states that will start the next civil war. I think we could beat them (the blue states ) because they don’t have the central part of the US,and in the blue states we got pockets of red voters (ie. in Vermont it’s the Northeast Lingo,in Maine it is anything east of Portland and in Connecticut, it is the small towns in the Litchfield Hills,the small towns in the CT Valley like Ellington, Essex and some small towns in the east part.)
Northeast Lingo is supposed to be NORTHEAST KINGDOM ... my Android phone loves to make up words.
Here’s a link to Gallup’s interactive map of the states:
http://www.gallup.com/poll/125066/State-States.aspx
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