For the first time in the history of it asking the question, Gallup polling has found that more registered voters favor the Republicans than the Democrats. Although the difference is just 44/43, this represents an 11 point drop in favorability for the “Democrat brand” since 2008. It is the Democrats worst pre-convention rating since 1992.
Moreover, in the years since Barack Obama took office, the Party identification of registered voters has shown a steep drop for the Democrats. At their highest level, the Democrats surpassed Republicans by an eye-popping 53/34. Now Gallup’s survey of those claiming to be “registered voters” shows that gap has all been wiped away. Counting “leaners”, it is now just 44/43 in favor of the Democrats.
Since Obama’s election, Democrats have fallen 24 points in overall favorability; but among Independents, Democrats have slid from 47% to 35% and now stand 3 points below Republicans.
How this translates to likely voter self-identify to both Parties is explained by a newly-released survey by Rasmussen.
Rasmussen reports that more registered likely voters self-identify as Republicans (37.6%) than at any time in the brief time they have been asking the question. This gives the GOP a 4.3 point lead over the Democrats who are now less than a point above their historic low.
These numbers have not been inconsequential in the past. At the time of the Republicans’ 2010 landslide that saw them win 63 seats, Republican self-identification was a scant 1.3 points higher than the Democrats. Fundamentals such as these have always been positive signs for the electoral chances of the Party enjoying them.
Of course, all of these numbers rest on people actually registering to vote. Clearly, more Americans are registering as Republicans, but an examination of the registration patterns in the swing state of Florida helps explain how Republicans have leapfrogged to the top.
In the thirteen months from July 2011 to the end of August 2012, the Democrats in Florida registered 1000 – yes 1000 – new voters. At the same time, Republicans in the Sunshine State registered 118,000 new voters. There are several positive signs for the Republicans at this point.
Photo Credit: Donkey Hotey (Creative Commons)
Please share this post with your friends and comment below. If you haven’t already, take a moment to sign up for our free newsletter above and friend us on Twitter and Facebook to get real time updates.
Follow @WestJournalism
Loading ...
Stupid DemOCraps have made a BIG mistake. Their so called Savior has Ruined their party. This Looser that they were all Gaa Gaa has shown his real side these past 4 yrs and We the People do not Want It! Not that they were going downhill already but he has put them OVER the hump and down they go………..
The only sign I want to know about is the exit sign that BHO will read on his way out of Americans’ White House!
As for polls, too much tinkering with selected audiences and results. The human condition isn’t trustworthy enough to fully put our faith in any preported polls. We must continue to awaken and educate the sheep amongst the outright slanderous tales and lies that the lamestream media aides. It’s odd that we could only get a couple of hours of the RNC proceedings without cable or satellite, but the three major networks have the demoncrats carried without regard to “previously scheduled programming”.
The proof will be in the pudding.
After what Obama and his dysfunctional Administration have done to harm America, coupled with Obama coming out in support of gay marriage, homosexuality (he seems to according to Larry Sinclair on Google, be one as well), that will all by itself turn off a very large voting block, especially with the blacks and Christian’s. Forcing Christian organizations to offer birth-control to their employees, has obviously hurt him with the Christian vote as well. His obvious negative position on Israel is also a voting block that he needs since Florida which is a swing state has a very high population of Jews.
What’s amazing is Bill Clinton rode a crest on the economy due to the Dot-Com era and like Obama and Michelle, he also lost his law license. It;s truly amazing how these dysfunctional dishonest people not only obtain so much power, but remain in power and have so much influence on their follower’s.
We know why Clinton lost his law license, it was because he lied under oath about his relationship with Monica Lawinsky. We can only speculate about why both Obama’s lost their law licenses, but without a doubt it has to be for some either criminal or unethical reason.
Bill Clinton did what he did to set the stage for his wife in 2016, when she will once again appear on the political scene and run for the Oval Office, otherwise it makes no sense that Clinton would try and support Obama, Clinton was only supporting the Democratic party, you know the same party that stared the KKK, I wonder how many African American’s are aware of that. I bet about the same as those that know that there is not nor has there ever been an African American as president in the White House, Obama is a Muslim Arab and his ancestors traded in African slaves.