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New Poll: More Americans Identify With Democrats Than Republicans

Jan. 9, 2013 9:15am Mytheos Holt

In another sign of flagging fortunes for Republicans at the national level, the polling company Gallup recently found that the relative position of the two parties has shifted from essentially even to now favoring Democrats, when it comes to the number of Americans who identify with each party.

The poll, released today, shows that 47 percent of Americans identify with or lean toward the Democrats, with only 42 percent saying the same of Republicans. The advantage to the Democrats is slightly lessened when leaners are removed (31 percent identify as Democrats, with 28 saying the same of Republicans). However, the thin numerical advantage Democrats enjoy among independents is likely to cause more concern for worry. From Gallup’s press release:

Americans last year continued their trend toward greater political independence. The 40% who initially identified as political independents matched the record high from 2011. That is particularly notable, given that the usual pattern is for the percentage of Americans identifying as independents to decline in a presidential election year. In each of the last four presidential election years, dating back to 1996, the percentage of independents was lower than in the year prior to the election.

The increase in political independence has led to a reduction in Democratic and Republican identifiers, with the percentage of core Democrats and Republicans currently in the lower range for the past 25 years. In fact, 2012 marked the sixth consecutive year that less than 30% of Americans identified as Republicans. This includes 2010, when Republicans made huge gains in the midterm congressional elections.

The year 2012 saw President Obama re-elected to office and saw Democrats regain an advantage in party affiliation among the American public. But that bit of good news for the Democrats is tempered by the fact that a record number of Americans continue to claim political independence, at least when initially asked to say which party they support.

And here is Gallup’s trendline over the past 20 or so years for this metric:

The fact that Gallup has found this result is arguably even more cause for concern among national Republican partisans. This past election, Gallup was the pollster most friendly to Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, and showed him holding leads with the national electorate through election day. Given this fact, it could be argued that Gallup’s methodology understates the size of the disparity.

The one bright side to the report is that while Democrats enjoy an advantage among those who do identify with either party, a sizable number of Americans are still up for grabs, with 11 percent of Americans counting as pure Independents. These numbers also need not necessarily translate into a weak GOP, as the last time such numbers were recorded was in the run up to the 2001 election, when Republicans (narrowly) won the White House.

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hwt123
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 10:00am
This article states that there are more brain dead sheep in one mafia over the other.
the only thing that the two parties can agree on is taking away more of our freedoms & liberties in the form of the patriot act, NDAA , SR347 & the police state we live in.
we are all tax slaves & it was done deliberatly.
you clueless sheep better wake up soon because DHS did not purchase 1.6 billion rounds of hallow point bullets & set up a school shooting for nothing…the same things happened in Germany we are no exception…look for dollar to collapse & WW3 to happen this year…

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- Top_Contributor
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 10:07am
  No, what it means is that you have a twisted definition of everything-that-isn’t-rightwing.
  
  Time to grow up!
  
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- cosette
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 10:17am
  The expansion of the “gimmedat” party is inevitable in the wake of massive government expansion. Two elements of human nature guarantee it. The people voting themselves greater access to the public trough and those opposed resigning to the reality that, being in the minority, there is little that we can do about it.While I have come to face that reality, I still stay connected with current events. My final act of rebellion against a government that seeks total control over me will be my adamant refusal to relinquish my second amendment rights. Better dead then red.
  
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- AvengerK
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 10:49am
  No BOTTOM_DWELLER..what it means is you’re a dullard.
  For some perspective, try to remember that Gallup and Rasmussen had Romney beating or level with Obama right up until election day. As a liberal troll, you’re quite unteachable and a rigid ideologue.
  What these numbers are reflecting is the success of the media’s campaign against the GOP house over the “fiscal cliff” debacle we just witnessed. That’s all.
  
  It’s the numbers behind the numbers that you should be looking at. These kinds of polls are meaningless, 6 months from now these same Democrat leaners will be leaning Republican if the national conversation changes. These are the “much coveted”…”independents” that everyone tries to pander to. The unprincipled, uninformed voter in other words…you should know…your liberal machinery keeps them in perpetual darkness.
  
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- PRRedlin
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 10:55am
  No what the article states is that people want less government intrusion in their lives.
  
  The freedom of choice, freedom to marry who you want, and the freedom to put substances in your body to alter your mood. All things that the statist republicans fight tooth and nail against. Republicans claim to want government to stay out of their lives, but what they really mean is to stay out of their wallet. They are fine when the government controls a woman’s body, a man’s heart, or a young adult’s creativity, but touch their wallet and ooooh boy watch out. Very altruistic of you republicans. I’m not saying the democrats are perfect either. They do plenty that I do not agree with, but if you truly want the government out of people’s lives, a great place to start is a woman’s ******.
  
  Most American’s are waking up to realize what harm the teabillies have done to this country over the past 2 years. Hell, now only 8% of republicans identify as tea party. They were a failed experiment that cost this country it’s AAA credit rating (and consequently raised our interest to debt payments).
  
  The funny thing is though, as more and more people leave the republican party, the tea party will get what they want. A cleansed and purified party that holds to ideology instead of common sense. The sad thing is they do not realize that this will forever cement their party into the minority. Hell, even true libertarians like myself look down on the tea party.
  
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- sillyfreshness
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 12:24pm
  More “Americans” identify with Democrats (communists) than Republicans. That’s what happens when you let in 3rd world immigrants flood into this country. The Dems had this plan all along. Get 3rd world folks in here to get freebies and they’ll keep voting for Dems. The Democrats (commies) sold out this country for votes.
  
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- Free_Thought
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 1:06pm
  So americans are leaning more towards sanity now. Good to know. Now that the teaparty is an afterthought and conservatism on the decline, i can sleep much better now. Thank you america. You get smarter by the day.
  
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- Top_Contributor
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 1:45pm
  @AvengerK, you’ve got a lot of nerve talking about polls. You guys proved you know absolutely NOTHING about them with that last election. Nothing at all. Nice try though, guy.
  
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- AvengerK
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 1:55pm
  BOTTOM_DWELLER…you just reiterated my point you idiot. I said that putting your faith in a poll by Gallup when they and Rasmussen had Romney ahead on election day is a fool’s errand. That’s why this “more identify with democrats” garbage means nothing to me. It’s the numbers behind the numbers one should be examining.
  
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- Top_Contributor
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 2:01pm
  @AvengerK, you just reiterated my point!
  
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- LIBSALWAYSLIE
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 3:56pm
  TOP_IDIOT, you delusional sheep. All this proves is the propaganda department of the white house (NBC, ABC, CBS, MSNBC) have done their job, and brainwashed the simpleminded sheep like you into good little followers. If you had any ability to think, you’d understand, but of course, being a progressive troll, thinking is not necessary.
  
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- cosette
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 3:57pm
  @ Avengerk…. I understand your frustration.it’s quite difficult to permeate the fog of a drug induced stupor in order to explain what is perfectly obvious to a clear minded individual. The very fact that “top contributor” a.k.a. “bottom dweller” found it impossible to understand your post explains how ObaMao got elected TWICE, and why I believe we are doomed.
  
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- shorelineliz
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 4:19pm
  42% to 47%? I would call that a dead heat. I laugh every time I heard the word “Poll” now. Who did you poll? What about all the other people? There are so many people now who are Independent or not affiliated with any party. Give us something to sink our teeth into wouldja? This is crap! I love the on line interviews where people are asked about their “values”. Those tell the story more than this stupid polls which tell us nothing but how people voted. or some other nonsense. Stop listening to stupid polls and pollsters! They should all be beaten with rods and sticks! Polling is not a job! Get a real job!
  
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- jimmymac1
  Posted on January 10, 2013 at 12:40am
  Funny the number is 47% the same number that do not pay federal taxes how in the heck did that happen.
  
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SREGN
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 9:55am
That may change on Friday as some of them get their first paycheck of the year and see that they get to keep less of their money.

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- RightUnite
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 10:11am
  Lets hope that is their first awakening…. Here’s to many more!
  
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- gwinf
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 10:40am
  But wait! That assumes they get a paycheck.
  
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- AvengerK
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 10:50am
  Don’t count on it…it’s going to take a lot more pain to make the scales fall from the Obamabots’ eyes.
  
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- PRRedlin
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 10:59am
  Only republicans would confuse the social security witholdings from the federal tax withholdings. It’s funny though. For the past 4 years everyone on the right has said Obama raised your taxes, when in reality he cut them by 2% (under the payroll social security tax). Now that this tax expired (because the republicans took it off the table), they are complaining that their taxes went up. Guess what. That tax only existed in the first place because it was part of Obama’s stimulus bill.
  
  If democrats had won the house of representatives, this tax cut would still be in place, but seeing as it only benefits the poor and middle class (ss taxes are only collected up to 113k of income) and not the rich, the cut went bye bye.
  
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- AvengerK
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 11:50am
  ummm….PRRIDICULOUS? Little Barry hasn’t lowered the tax rate for anyone. temporary exemptions and tax holidays are not an actual lowered rate. Furthermore, the Supreme Court made it clear that the individual mandate of Obamacare MUST be deemed a tax in order for it it to be constitutional. Obama has in fact raised taxes on every tax payer in the country.
  
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- jimmymac1
  Posted on January 10, 2013 at 12:48am
  It is already changing my wife said the dums were all crying their eyes out when they got paid today.
  Glad Iam retired I don’t have to listen to them anymore.
  
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woodyee
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 9:52am
Havr you guys read this story on The Blaze Blog, about how Obammy has SIX Muslim Brotherhood mooks working at the White House?

http://www.theblaze.com/blog/#post-500697

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- Walkabout
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 10:10am
  Frontpage who Beck has quoted has an article on it
  
  “Conspiracy of Brothers”
  
  http://frontpagemag.com/2013/dgreenfield/conspiracy-of-brothers/
  
  I saw CAIR on Foxnews in 2000 a lot. I actually liked them. Then they showed their true colors.
  All these trolls call Foxnews, Fauxnews. They use to comment on stories & flame everyone until Foxnews pulled the plug & revamped it.
  
  Now some of the same trolls are over here. But I ask you if Murdoch was such an ogre & Foxnews evil, then why did they give CAIR positive coverage in 2000? Progs cannot answer that.
  
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- barber2
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 11:11am
  WALK: Our radical Lefties have two strategies going on here in the media : Divide the conservatives with the RINO fight ( a divided conservative base means destruction of it as a political opposition ) and Damage / Destroy the Conservative Media ( trying to do the same with Murdoch in London since July, 2011 ). This is the radical Left’s latest attempt at the ” use the system ( the media ) to “change ” ( wink, wink ) the system. We know in this case ” change” means to destroy or as the clever radical Left PC say, ” fundamentally change” America .
  
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no1hd
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 9:51am
This is trick question. Takers = Dems = Libs. With the numbers of takers growing, did gallup expect a different answer on the poll.
Polls like that should be required to ask ‘are you on any welfare program – do you get food stamps – do you work’.

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- Walkabout
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 9:59am
  Don;t forget Al Gore. He is a taker. He is not that bright but he is awarded wealth by the powers that be (TPTB).
  
  From Forbes.com
  “Inconvenient Truth: Al Gore’s Al Jazeera Current TV Deal”
  “The Real Problem With Al Gore’s $100 Million Payday From Selling Current To Al Jazeera”
  “Current TV Sold To Al Jazeera; $500 Million Deal For Al Gore and Co. [UPDATED]”
  “Richer Than Romney: Al Gore Scores On Sale Of Current TV”
  
  “Report: Current TV staffers grumpy at Gore over this Al Jazeera sale” – Hot Air
  
  Al Gore was a academic slug in the sciences in college. If his daddy was not a Senator, I doubt the family would have had the money to put him thru school. His IQ is 100 give or take 10 points. He makes his money thru political position not technical knowledge or hard work.
  
  He is a taker. He is also more popular than most Republicans..
  
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- shorelineliz
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 4:31pm
  Yes! wouldn’t you LOVE to see that? why not walk around and ask these questions:
  
  1. Are you on welfare?
  2. How long have you been on unemployment?
  3. Are you on Government disability and why and how long?
  4. Are you on Social Security or Medicare?
  5. Did you get a free cell phone from Obama lately?
  6. Do you have a Government job?
  7. Do you have a Government loan you do not have to pay back?
  8. Are you a family member of someone in Congress?
  9. Do you lobby for Washington, D.C.?
  10. Are you employed by Hollywood?
  11. Do you work at or support Planned Parenthood?
  12. Are you a Government Cheat working under the table and getting welfare?
  13. Do you work for GM? or Al Jazeera?
  14. Are you a card carrying member of the Communist Party?
  15. Are you a Kennedy?
  16. Are you an employee of the Tides Foundaton? (ACORN and affiliates)
  17. Do you live in Detroit, Cincinnati, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Boston, Atlanta, Miami, Seattle, Las Vegas, D.C. or Chicago?
  
  Then when the people interviewed have answered all these questions tally their answers up. Then tell us who the Democrats are and the Republicans. I betcha the moochers will all be Democrats.
  
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willingtoupe
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 9:50am
Folks, it’s not the party, it’s the people. Between Post CIvil War Reconstruction/Pre Civil Rights the people of the Democrats are not the same as the Democrats today. As well as the Republicans. Post 1960s there were a major switch by the people i.e Reagan, whom was a DIXIECRAT turned Republican followed by the Southern Slavers descendants that high jacked the G.O.P and Christianity that exercised political “code words” against their opposition.
The Major core of the G.O.P today are Southern rural Whites whom were Dixicratesque 2 generations ago. The labels may stay the same but it’s the people behind the label that drives the engine.
It will always be rural vs. urban. Agrifarm vs. Manufacturing. Industry vs. mom and pop. Trailer parks vs. the projects. CMT vs. BET. Trick my Truck vs. Pimp my Ride. hip originality vs. posers and copy cats. Nascar vs. MMA. Landowners vs Bankers. Saying and blaming the Democrats for past mishaps can only be matched with the same characteristics of those that are presently in the G.O.P Same types, different stripes.

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woodyee
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 9:50am
GALLUP – now THERE’S an icon of truth and justice…

SERVICE DEFINED . . . .

I become confused when I hear the word “Service” used with these agencies:

Internal Revenue ‘Service’

US Postal ‘Service’

Telephone ‘Service’

Cable TV ‘Service’

Civil ‘Service’

Federal, State, City, & public ‘Service’

Customer ‘Service’

I thought that “Service” meant a voluntary giving of oneself for the good of others.

Then I I overheard two farmers talking, and one of them said he had hired a bull to ‘Service’ a few cows. BAM!!! It all came into focus. Now I understand what all those agencies are doing to us.
You are now as enlightened as I.

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- RIGS
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 10:30am
  HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! It is the truth,,,,,,,,,,,,
  
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blanco5
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 9:50am
Uhhh…..I know a lot of Libertarians and people who ARE Libertarians but don’t know it, so wrong, wrong, wrong.

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- ResistSocialism
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 9:57am
  Very true.
  
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Salamander
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 9:47am
Step right up to The Candy Counter! The Democratic Party is running a Candy Shop or an Ice Cream Shop, promising ‘Free Treats’ — WITH OUR TAXPAYER MONEY! At some point, the balance will swing back in the other direction, or they will run out of money as the more sane and sensible leave town! Just look at Detroit if you want a glimpse of how it might be! This Candy Store mentality will take a generation or two to scrub out of our system! We can start by pulling the plug on Federally supported public schools! I’m not advocating, yet, shutting down public education–just getting the Federal Government out of that business!

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kickagrandma
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 9:46am
The “Cost of Discipleship” is tremendous. Not many people go for it. I’m so grateful to GOD that HE grabbed me early on and never let me go, even when I waltzed away on occasion from HIM.

The demon crats serve satan as we all know. they made it loud and clear when they voted GOD out of their platform. they continue to vote HIM out at every opportunity. Let us be certain we are not doing the same.

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- ranepowel
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 1:58pm
  You can’t serve something that doesn’t exist, i.e. “god” “satan” etc.
  
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Uechi
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 9:45am
They will continue to identify with Marxists until it is too late. Sooner or later the ” I deserve the best of everything without working” will wake up to a collapsed economy and country where personal freedom no longer exists in any aspect. It is only a matter of time before the freebies dry up and the caring mask of big government comes off and the monster of repression begins in earnest.

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jd9215
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 9:44am
” 47% of Americans identify with or lean toward the Democrats” Isn’t that the same amount that are on food stamps, or some kind of government assistance?

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- Top_Contributor
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 9:51am
  No, it isn’t. But I’m sure it makes you feel better to think of them that way. You are a shrinking breed. Bye.
  
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- naughtycal
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 10:04am
  Why yes it is….what did Jefferson say about the Republic……It would stand until the people realized they can vote themselves more federal dollars. The coofers are empting twice as fast as we can fill them……And there soon will be nothing left. Our society is crumbling and will continue down this path until the union dissolves and there is NO USA left. Each state needs to start looking to themselves as an individual country backing out of THIS UNCONSTITUTIONAL CENTRALIZED MONSTER
  
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- ranepowel
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 2:02pm
  Actually, that quote is a lie. It never exists in anything earlier than 1988. Thomas Jefferson never said it. You can keep quoting it all you want, but it’s still a lie.
  
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hauschild
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 9:43am
“More Americans Identify With Democrats Than Republicans”

This has been obvious for years. It’s also the reason why the country is in a tailspin that it will not be able to recover from.

America has been forever changed. Not that it is going to suck hind teat for everybody, but traditionals are going to feel it the most.

Like a marriage on the rocks, the American passion has been lost. Can it be rekindled? Now, THAT is the real question. I’d say there’s little chance of it by the looks of the new generations that have been produced. But, one never knows, I guess.

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ares338
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 9:41am
I am not associated with any political party…NONE.period. They always wind up corrupt and lie just like everyone else especially after they have been in Washington for a year. Washington is gone from us and we need to strengthen state control of this country.

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SpankDaMonkey
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 9:40am
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The Free Lunch Slaves are in power. We are DOOMED……….

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- SocialistSlayer
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 9:45am
  We are doomed until the money runs out. Once that pond is drained they will revolt !
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 9:53am
  Democrats demonize the rich, but the national level Democrats tend to be …RICH!
  I bet Al Gore will be more popular in 5 years form now than Romney after his backstab is forgotten.
  
  They forgave Clinton for assaulting women (Juanita Broederick or former Miss America Elizabeth Ward Gracen). But it is all good progs Elizabeth was made to recant & video tech was not advanced enough for Juanita to capture the brutish love taps of Clinton. So Al Gore will be forgiven & his popularity will be near 50% in the future.
  
  “When former Vice President Al Gore ran for president more than 12 years ago, he had less than $2 million in assets to his name. ”
  
  “Taking into account taxes to be paid on the deal, possible earlier debt and the fact that Gore’s representatives declined to comment, FORBES conservatively estimates the former vice president’s net worth to be at least $300 million, making him wealthier than unsuccessful Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney.”
  
  http://www.forbes.com/sites/ryanmac/2013/01/04/richer-than-romney-al-gore-scores-on-sale-of-current-tv/
  
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Apple Bite
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 9:36am
Imagine if they said “Free Beer for Workers”…..

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Watcher1952
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 9:35am
47% of People don’t pay taxes..= Democrat…Young People who want entitlements=Democrat….95% of Blacks, Latinos and other than White working class people= Democrats. Wonder what this class of people will do when the Government can’t afford them anymore…… Lock and Load AMERICA

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- longun45
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 9:42am
  They will starve. Just like they were doing in their own country.
  
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- Sosorryforyou
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 11:09am
  I know it makes you feel self-important telling yourself that your little equations here add up, but they don’t. If you had any intelligence, you’d understand who the 47% truly are, and the real reasons more people identify with the Democrat Party than the Republican party. But, you and your ilk really don’t want to try to understand – you’d rather demonize those that don’t agree with you. Well, keep it up, because you won’t see another win for a very long time with your wrong and self-righteous ideas about who the “other side” really is.
  
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00100111
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 9:34am
This doesn’t really mean anything. I don’t identify as Republican, I don’t identify as Democrat. I don’t identify as anything other than myself. Independents and unaffiliateds sway every election, except probably the last one when more than half the country stayed home…something I’ll probably do next time until we get a decent choice.

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- longun45
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 9:40am
  You will NEVER have a decent choice.
  
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- DougHuffman
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 9:44am
  The muddled-middle is solicited by the political prostitutes on the right and the left of the Ruling Class. You are welcome to the government that YOU deserve.
  
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- shorelineliz
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 4:21pm
  Exactly! They never tell us the criteria of the polling and how they arrived at these answers they just throw out these stupid percentage points over and over. Blah. Blah. yawn.
  
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Salamander
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 9:30am
This actually doesn’t surprise me, given the character assassination tactics that have been used by the Democrats for many years now! In the Democratic politic, there are more lies than truth, thus a survey such as this is only significant in that it verifies the sourdid success of their program! The Republicans need to figure out a way to neuter the beast without stooping to their level of disinformation!

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- oldguy49
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 9:33am
  i thought we did this poll in ……….NOVEMBER……………..
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 9:41am
  Exactly.
  
  The Democrats are coming off a win, using OWS as character assassination, etc.
  
  Some people are so ill informed or so fickle that they will believe the demonization of Romney & hate him. they will give lip service to how bad Al Gore & Clinton are & then blithely skip low the low road because it is easy & vote Democrat.
  
  “Business Is Good: Al Gore Set to Surpass Romney’s Net Worth With Current TV Deal”
  
  Al Gore’s sale of CurrentTV according to Forbes magazine looks like it will put many liberals out of business (shedding no tears). It is betraying everything that he said he stood for. He is putting many people who believe in global warming etc out ion the street. But he is more popular than a generic conservative, the Republican party, Bush, Congress or the Pope.
  
  That about says it all.
  
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- WarMunger_Al
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 9:47am
  Republicans need to dump the progressive shills that run the place. But, they won’t, as evidence of Jon Boehner’s continued speakership. The republican party is dead.
  
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whatsallthisthen
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 9:28am
Even if the numbers are off I’m glad to see the rep. party seem to be in trouble. I used to be reg. rep. but changed to Constitution Party. The repugnants deserve no loyalty. It is no longer a party that stands for limited govt., and hasn’t been for at least 12 yrs.

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WildschweinJager
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 9:26am
The party of “free stuff” gets more pollster support? Imagine that!

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- CatB
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 9:34am
  Yes … but let’s not forget the RINO’s have a lot to do with this also .. people who were formerly Republican conservatives .. are no longer the R part .. I didn’t leave the party .. the party left me!
  
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- 00100111
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 9:35am
  Hard to beat Santa Claus.
  
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- Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 9:37am
  Absolutely – the party of ‘trade your freedoms for stuff.”
  
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justangry
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 9:24am
Neocons days are numbered. Good riddance.

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- henryKnox
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 9:41am
  Maybe they will go the way of the Whigs. The majority of Americans are actually Tea Partiers but they don’t realize it because the party of treason has successfully mischaracterized the Patriots.
  
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- charles116
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 11:23am
  Hey what do you expect from people who think a Palin is a Churchill
  ANd makingh lunatic speeches makes you a ‘patriot’.
  
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copatriots
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 9:23am
New Poll:

More Americans need another poll to tell us what we already know.

Thank you, Sir, may I have another.

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DougHuffman
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 9:21am
Yep, because we have realized that the GOP is only the right-wing of the progressive American Ruling Class.

See Angelo Codevilla’s July 2010 TAS essay, ‘America’s Ruling Class — And The Perils of Revolution’

The Constitution Party is the only principled representative of America’s conservative Country Class.

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progressiveslayer
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 9:21am
16 trillion in debt and a police state,I think we can thank our one party system for the state of modern day Amerika. It took the ‘R’s and ‘D’s to get us here and there isn’t any difference between the two.

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- ArmedAndReallyPissed
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 9:30am
  What he said !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  
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- randy
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 9:48am
  Thumbs up!!!
  
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- ranepowel
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 2:11pm
  Yeah! What a total police state. It’s like I can’t even choose what I want to eat or what to watch on TV or what I can say on my blog or in public! I mean all these rules! These imaginary rules that conservatives keep spouting!
  
  Thank ‘god’ we have people like you, who want to protect us from all the imaginary rules.
  
  On second thought, no thanks. I actually LIKE communism and socialism. That’s what I vote for and that’s what I’ll continue to vote for, along with the increasingly majority of American people :)
  
  When Obama gives amnesty and a path to citizenship for all ‘illegal’ immigrants we’ll have the Presidential elections locked up for the next 40 years.
  
  Nice to be on the winning side. Gloating over racists and homophobes and those who would rather see poor people die than give a helping hand…well, it just warms my heart to no end :) :) :)
  
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IndyGuy
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 9:18am
New Poll….More Americans are idiots than not…

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- Walkabout
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 9:47am
  Who is Al Gore more popular than? Probably many people & groups. Does it make sense?
  
  “Current TV Sold To Al Jazeera; $500 Million Deal For Al Gore and Co. [UPDATED]”
  “Al Jazeera plans to scrap Current’s programming lineup and brand”
  
  http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffbercovici/2013/01/02/current-tv-near-sale-to-al-jazeera-likely-500-million-deal-for-al-gore-and-co/
  
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- chips1
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 9:47am
  The word “Americans” should be removed.
  
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