Gallup: GOP Falls With Nearly Every Group, Down To Conservative, Church-Going Base

[ProSense]

Gallup: GOP Falls With Nearly Every Group, Down To Conservative, Church-Going Base

By Eric Kleefeld - May 18, 2009, 5:00PM
A new analysis by Gallup, compiled from their national polling done all this year, shows just how extensive the Republican Party's drop in voter self-identification has been, with decreases in nearly every demographic.

Compared to 2001, when George W. Bush first took office as president, GOP self-identification has fallen by ten points among college graduates, nine points among those 18-29 years of age, nine points in the Midwest, six in the East, five in the West, and even four points in the South. Married people identifying as Republicans have decreased by five points, and the difference is eight points among the unmarried. The list goes on and on.

In 2001, voters were 33% Democratic, 32% Republican, and 34% independent, with a Republican edge of 47%-46% after leaners were pushed. But now, it's 36% Democrats, 27% Republicans and 37% independents, with a huge Democratic advantage of 52%-37% with leaners.

The only bright spots for the GOP are three base groups: Frequent churchgoers, with no decrease at all; conservatives, with only a one-point decrease; and voters 65 years of age or older, with a one-point decrease. It should also be noted that they've only gone down one point among non-whites -- but this is because they didn't have much party identification there to begin with.

[rfranklin]

1. The good thing is most Republicans will soon be dead...

of old age. Their demographic is what the marketeers attributed to Cadillac owners, 'somewhere between 65 and dead.'

[rufus dog]

2. and the rest will be taken via the Rapture. n/t

[rasputin1952]

3. I was behind one of them today...

had a bush/cheney bumper sticker...and had the right turn signal on for 14 blocks!...:rofl:

[Winchesterboys]

5. deal

obama and huntsman worked out a DEAL

[ProSense]

7. LOL! n/t

[tsuki]

8. What is it with the blinker signals? I followed one in the right lane with

the bumper signal on for miles, when the traffic thinned, I pulled out and passed it. Then, he decided to move into the left lane and turned the left signal on. I watched in the rear view mirror and he never turned the left signal off.

If they are between the lines, I know which lane they are in.

[Undercurrent]

4. That's an impressive hole

those idiots have dug for themselves. hehe

This graphic lays it out well.

[MadBadger]

6. And yet their abortion polls party Id was 35-35.

Can anybody say outlier?

[ShadowLiberal]

9. Yeah, I was just about to say that, it pisses me off that so many cite that poll as 'fact' now

Still, I must say I'm surprised the GOP only lost 1 point with minorities, I mean they really burned a lot of bridges with Hispanics from stuff like immigration, surely a big loss there is enough to move that figure up to 2%.