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Less than one in four identify as Republican
The Hill ^ | 4/29/09 | Reid Wilson

Posted on 04/29/2009 12:50:25 PM PDT by anniegetyourgun

Less than a quarter of all voters call themselves Republicans, a number that has dropped precipitously over the past six years, according to a new analysis.

In more than 7,000 interviews conducted by the Pew Research Center in 2009, just 23 percent of voters self-identify as members of the Grand Old Party. That's down from 30 percent as recently as 2004, and the trend shows no signs of slowing.

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


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1 posted on 04/29/2009 12:50:25 PM PDT by anniegetyourgun
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To: anniegetyourgun
How many identify as Liberals?
2 posted on 04/29/2009 12:50:56 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Islam is a religion of peace, and Muslims reserve the right to kill anyone who says otherwise.)
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To: anniegetyourgun

Who here trusts Pew isn’t faking its stories along with the rest of the MSM?


3 posted on 04/29/2009 12:51:46 PM PDT by pleasenoobama (Liberals lied, small government died)
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To: anniegetyourgun

I suspect you might find a similar number if you poll FReepers. LOL


4 posted on 04/29/2009 12:52:00 PM PDT by cripplecreek (The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
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To: anniegetyourgun
Cause they SUCK!

What's the sense of belonging to an organization that does little or nothing you wish?

5 posted on 04/29/2009 12:52:15 PM PDT by wolfcreek ("unnamed "right-wing extremist")
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To: anniegetyourgun

The number has dropped because former Republicans now label themselves as Conservatives, but then the MSM couldn’t figure out anyway.


6 posted on 04/29/2009 12:52:38 PM PDT by madison10
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To: anniegetyourgun
"Are you now, or have you ever been, a Republican?"
7 posted on 04/29/2009 12:52:42 PM PDT by Old Sarge ("Remember, remember, the Fourth of November, the Socialist treason and plot...")
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To: anniegetyourgun
and as long as the Republican Party acts like Dhimmicrat Lite, they will keep losing people who want to be aligned with them.
8 posted on 04/29/2009 12:52:51 PM PDT by Vaquero ("an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
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To: anniegetyourgun
Yet in 2004 with only “30%” calling themselves Republicans, the GOP won the Presidency with 52% of the vote, a majority in the House of Representatives, a major of State Governors and a 55-45 Majority in the US Senate.
9 posted on 04/29/2009 12:52:59 PM PDT by HapaxLegamenon
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To: cripplecreek

I know I don’t consider myself a Republican anymore.


10 posted on 04/29/2009 12:53:17 PM PDT by dfwgator (1996 2006 2008 - Good Things Come in Threes)
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To: anniegetyourgun

i bet that most on these boards (myself included) consider themselves conservatives instead of republicans...


11 posted on 04/29/2009 12:53:36 PM PDT by zwerni (this isn't gonna be good for business)
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To: pleasenoobama

Doesn’t Pew have a Hispanic polling and research arm? They release regular polls on how great illegals are.

Most polling anymore is to generate news and push a liberal agenda. Rasmussen is about the only decent one anymore. Harris was good but they only do Pres polls just before the election.


12 posted on 04/29/2009 12:53:37 PM PDT by Frantzie ("Remember when Bush was President & Americans had jobs?")
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To: anniegetyourgun

The GOP is going the way of the Whigs: Their leadership refused to take stands on important issues, instead trying to be all things to all people.

“I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everyone.”—Bill Cosby.


13 posted on 04/29/2009 12:53:51 PM PDT by Thane_Banquo (President George W. Bush, RINO-in-Chief.)
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To: anniegetyourgun

I would not identify myself as a Republican either after the last several decades of liberal-lite “Republican” hogwash in Washington.

But I would call myself a Conservative for 20+ years now. I guess they didn’t ask that question. I wonder what the results of a question like that would be...


14 posted on 04/29/2009 12:54:11 PM PDT by Kandy Atz ("Were we directed from Washington when to sow and when to reap, we should soon want for bread.")
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To: anniegetyourgun
This is more coolaid for the sheepled masses from the manipulative MSM to achieve a desired effect.
15 posted on 04/29/2009 12:54:20 PM PDT by Prophet in the wilderness (PSALM .53 : 1 The FOOL hath said in his heart, there is no GOD.)
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To: anniegetyourgun

How many as conservatives?


16 posted on 04/29/2009 12:54:28 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: anniegetyourgun
I'll bet the numbers who identify as conservatives represent an electable majority. All of the RINO apologists who think we need to vote Obama-lite in order to skim off enough democrats to win can go pound sand. Their way has not and never will work.
17 posted on 04/29/2009 12:55:03 PM PDT by Natural Law
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To: madison10

“The number has dropped because former Republicans now label themselves as Conservatives, but then the MSM couldn’t figure out anyway.”

Amen! I’m disgusted with both parties.


18 posted on 04/29/2009 12:55:23 PM PDT by BelleAl
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To: anniegetyourgun

Republicans Top Democrats on Generic Congressional Ballot

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/mood_of_america/congressional_ballot/generic_congressional_ballot


19 posted on 04/29/2009 12:56:00 PM PDT by HailReagan78
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To: anniegetyourgun

I call BS.


20 posted on 04/29/2009 12:56:34 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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