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U.S. Political Party Preferences Shifted Greatly During 2021
Gallup Poll ^ | 1/17/2022 | Jeffrey M. Jones

Posted on 01/17/2022 4:06:19 AM PST by Redmen4ever

...a dramatic shift over the course of 2021, from a nine-percentage-point Democratic advantage in the first quarter to a rare five-point Republican edge in the fourth quarter

(Excerpt) Read more at news.gallup.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: partyaffiliation
America sobered up fast.
1 posted on 01/17/2022 4:06:19 AM PST by Redmen4ever
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To: Redmen4ever

That’s one heck of a swing.


2 posted on 01/17/2022 4:16:48 AM PST by vpintheak (Live free, or die!)
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To: Redmen4ever

This is all fine and dandy but will the Republicants pick up the ball and run for it? Probably not.


3 posted on 01/17/2022 4:18:01 AM PST by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.p)
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To: HighSierra5

I know what will fix that.
Democrats: “You are raciss - you’ll put everyone back in chains and destroy the environment!”
Republican response: “Duh, we’re happy to work with our friends across the aisle.”


4 posted on 01/17/2022 4:22:24 AM PST by Wilhelm Tell (True or False? This is not a tag line.)
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To: Redmen4ever

Great news, but do we really believe Gallup?


5 posted on 01/17/2022 4:22:56 AM PST by BlueStateRightist (Government is best which governs least.)
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To: Redmen4ever

as the MAGA wing gradually drives the RINOs out and takes control over the Republican Party, I expect the Republicans to be in the majority. The party that represents and is seen to represent the working man generally holds the majority and the Democrats have clearly abandoned those voters while the MAGA Republicans have been scooping them up.

There’s a reason Hispanics have shifted so dramatically in the last year. There’s a reason why a higher percentage of non White voters voted for Trump in 2020 than had voted for any Republican since 1960. A large share of both groups are working class and they are figuring out the Democrats don’t represent them any more. White working class Midwesterners figured it out a generation after White Southerners. Hispanics look like they’ve figured it out one election after White working class Midwesterners. Trump made inroads with Black voters - particularly younger ones. How long until a lot more Black voters figure it out?


6 posted on 01/17/2022 4:53:30 AM PST by FLT-bird
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To: Redmen4ever
U.S. Political Party Preferences Shifted Greatly During 2021.

Can't imagine why.

7 posted on 01/17/2022 5:23:30 AM PST by Mr Ramsbotham ("God is a spirit, and man His means of walking on the earth.")
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To: Redmen4ever
What remains of the red side of the uniparty will only allow superficial changes / reversion to sanity. They are (almost) all corrupt. (The latest example being the USSC deciding the CMS mandate is Constitutional based on Federal Government financial involvement in health care!)

The corruption is easily identified by someone who is capable of rational thought and common sense looks at how so very few "authorities" reacted appropriately to the supposed pandemic. Our current lot ignored all the term redefinitions and history. They allowed bureaucracies to act far outside their scope and offices that are supposed to provide responsible leadership lead us in the wrong direction.

I pray the U.S. Citizenry have sobered up enough to recognize the traitors and seditionists in the ranks of governments and throw enough of them out to allow reestablishment of sanity (to include holding the malefactors accountable with extreme prejudice).

Please pray as if God has not forsaken U.S. .

8 posted on 01/17/2022 5:29:35 AM PST by plsjr (<>< Mankind "knows" by trial and error. Only the CREATOR really knows His creation... and the TRUTH.)
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To: vpintheak

Because it’s not been weighted for voter fraud.


9 posted on 01/17/2022 5:36:45 AM PST by skeeter
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To: Redmen4ever

I personally don’t trust these stories (I agree to some shift, but not tremendous amount). These appear to be precursor stories to explain the Dems upcoming loses.

By this, the country leaned a right in 2020. Trump picked up over 12,000,000 more votes. The difference in 2022 is that the cheating is going to be suppressed. This is likely by agreement between the two parties Establishment.

VA is a perfect example, people are screaming that the Republicans did great in the Gov race. While Youngkin did alright (300,000 less votes than Trump), what gave him the election was the Dems lost almost a million voters (over 800,000) from the election a year earlier. Sure, there is a drop-off in participation between the two race, but not 800,000 one party dropoff.


10 posted on 01/17/2022 5:39:27 AM PST by BushCountry (Fun Fact: Goods made in America do not get stuck on cargo ships.)
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To: Redmen4ever

America will be drunk and stupid as soon as conservatives get things back under control.


11 posted on 01/17/2022 5:49:00 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Do we value what the Founding Fathers gave us enough to fight for it?)
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To: Redmen4ever

The Hildabeast waits in the shadows.


12 posted on 01/17/2022 5:50:32 AM PST by MrBambaLaMamba (Why allow a government of thieves, liars, braggarts, traitors, cowards and perverts? )
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To: vpintheak

Remember when a +4 Dem poll was a bad sign for Democrats?


13 posted on 01/17/2022 5:55:38 AM PST by IllumiNaughtyByNature (The kernel of our firm's job is to go with lots. - tnlibertarian job offer letter)
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To: FLT-bird

The DemocRats have come to represent the most dissatisfied, most hateful, perverted, America-hating, extreme-left nutcases.


14 posted on 01/17/2022 6:05:55 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Do we value what the Founding Fathers gave us enough to fight for it?)
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To: Redmen4ever
Excellent. The end is the best part. First they say

"When all the 2021 shifts are netted out, the Democrats' average three-point advantage for the entirety of the year is only slightly smaller than they had in recent years."

But this is beside the point because the average of something that starts high and crashes is usually pretty good. The trend is the problem.

Next up they say The final monthly survey of 2021 showed the parties at roughly even strength, although that still represents a departure from the historical norm of the Democratic Party's having at least a slight advantage in party affiliation.

That sounds like a real bummer, because it sounds like the trend evaporated.

BUT their definition of "roughly even" is R+2. And they previously told us that D+3 is "slightly smaller" than previous years. I checked the 2020 version of this same poll and including leaning independents (just like this poll) it said:

... Democrats enjoy a true edge over Republicans in national support, 48% to 43%.

So to summarize, The final monthly survey of 2021 showed the parties at roughly even strength, actually means that in one year Dems went from +5 to -3, for a loss of 8 points, which would indicate a total wipeout in 2022 if it holds.

15 posted on 01/17/2022 6:30:58 AM PST by edwinland
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To: Redmen4ever

Between Democrate and Uniparty-Gloabalists, there is a shift. MAGA-Republicans/Conservatives/Independents need to run the enemies of America out of politics. The 2020 election was a Gloabalist steal, thus the few republicans of the uniparty threw intogether with the Pelosi-Dem’s to push American further into a world order run not in each country by their people but by an EU like unelected 5-year plan loving communist cabal.


16 posted on 01/17/2022 7:10:26 AM PST by Jumper
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To: edwinland

The individual monthly surveys of the Gallup Poll aren’t what they used to be. There was a time Gallup surveyed 1,000 people per day. Today, we’re talking maybe 1,000 registered voters per month. So, the plus or minus factor is pretty wide for any one month.

If I were serious about this, I’d look at trends in other polls considering the bias in them. I’d also took at changes in registration in states where voters register by party.

According to the Fox Voter file (a sample of 100,000), the R’s enjoyed a 1 point advantage in the 2020 elections.

https://freerepublic.com/perl/post?id=4030203,15

According to the big media exit poll (a sample of 15,000), the D’s an joyed a 1 point advantage.

https://www.cnn.com/election/2020/exit-polls/president/national-results

How Gallup has the D’s starting 2021 with a huge advantage, I don’t know. But, many pre-election polls were heavily skewed Democrat in 2020.

I do think the trend has been our friend over the past year, but maybe not as dramatically as the Gallup Poll indicates. Still, it is a bit of information.


17 posted on 01/17/2022 7:30:20 AM PST by Redmen4ever
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To: Redmen4ever

Empty wallets and riots will do that.


18 posted on 01/17/2022 7:45:26 AM PST by Vaduz ( )
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To: Redmen4ever
I do think the trend has been our friend over the past year, but maybe not as dramatically as the Gallup Poll indicates. Still, it is a bit of information.

Very helpful thanks.

19 posted on 01/17/2022 8:29:37 AM PST by edwinland
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