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Democrats' Numbers Fall Under Obama
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09/30/09
Filed Under:Democrats, Republicans, Barack Obama, Polls, Obama Administration, Poll Watch
Republicans have closed the gap when it comes to the number of Americans who identify with their party as opposed to the Democrats with the Democratic advantage shrinking each quarter that President Obama has been in office, according to a Gallup analysis of its date between July 1 and Sept. 30.
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Those identifying themselves as Democrats or as leaning to them stands at 48 percent compared to 42 percent for the Republicans. At the beginning of 2009, the Democrats' advantage was 52 percent to 39 percent, one point shy of the highest mark in 2008. When Gallup started tracking this figure in 2005, the two parties were tied at 46 percent each.
The movement towards the Republicans is driven mostly by independents going in that direction. Independents who leaned Democratic stood at 17 percent in the first quarter of the year to 11 percent for Republicans. Now, Republican-leaning independents out number those who lean towards the Democrats by 15 percent to 13 percent.
Gallup said that independents are more likely to oppose than support healthcare reform, and to express concerns about increased government spending and the expansion of government power. Thus, the drop in Democratic support is partly a response to concerns about the policies Obama and the Democratic Congress are pursuing.
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Drake began his career with the New York Daily News, spending most of that time in Washington covering Congress, national politics and the Reagan White House... more
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mike350785
3:25PM Sep 30th 2009
Thats because the independent voters are realizing that OBummer lied to them to get elected.
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Linda
3:34PM Sep 30th 2009
No one but the ultra liberal mains stream media are surprised.
Americans don't like politicians who ignore them.
Americans don't like politicians who ignore them.
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(19) george
4:10PM Sep 30th 2009
Independant voters who were fooled by the lying rethoric from the snake oil salesman, helped to get him elected. Now, they are waking up, and will help to flush him and his CARTEL from the white house.
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(15) oxbow99
4:18PM Sep 30th 2009
Everything is falling under BO, except the debt and deficit.
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(12) gigantosapiens
4:38PM Sep 30th 2009
The only things that Obama has "stimulated" are gun sales and the KKK membership
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(8) norfwest
6:06PM Sep 30th 2009
I'm sure the KKK opposes him because of his policies.
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(-3) oxbow99
4:54PM Sep 30th 2009
Speaking of idiots, J-rot,
The top ten poverty stricken cities in the USA are, and have been run solely by democrats. When will you sheeples get a clue?
The top ten poverty stricken cities in the USA are, and have been run solely by democrats. When will you sheeples get a clue?
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(11) big fat poopyhead
6:32PM Sep 30th 2009
oxbow99
4:54PM Sep 30th 2009
Speaking of idiots, J-rot,
The top ten poverty stricken cities in the USA are, and have been run solely by democrats. When will you sheeples get a clue?
xxx
the red states are nearly all welfare states, taking in more in our tax dollars than they pay out. Alaska is at the bottom, but alabama, mississippi, tennesee and kentuky are perennial underachievers for the past century or more.
If it weren't for California and New York and New Jersey, bubba nation couldn't afford all that fancy paint to huff.
4:54PM Sep 30th 2009
Speaking of idiots, J-rot,
The top ten poverty stricken cities in the USA are, and have been run solely by democrats. When will you sheeples get a clue?
xxx
the red states are nearly all welfare states, taking in more in our tax dollars than they pay out. Alaska is at the bottom, but alabama, mississippi, tennesee and kentuky are perennial underachievers for the past century or more.
If it weren't for California and New York and New Jersey, bubba nation couldn't afford all that fancy paint to huff.
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(-3) libslie0066
11:30AM Oct 3rd 2009
Email YOUR elected and appointed local, state, and Federal officials for FREE and as often as you want. Don't waste your time with the left wing garbage you see on these boards, they are people who don't have a clue, refuse to acknowledge facts, and are totally selective about what they want to hear, see, and discuss. Go to http://www.votesmart.org/index.htm Let them know in no uncertain terms, NO to Obamacare, Thoroughly Investigate Acorn, No Amnesty for Illegals, No Cap and Tax, STOP the attacks on our own CIA, investigate the socialist and communist CZARS, and STOP the lies. If you like the site, pass it on.
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(2) Charles Queen
8:42PM Sep 30th 2009
And it's gong to keep going in that direction as long as Obama and his admin are still in office.The man lied like a dog to all the people that actually bought his line of bs when running.His many promises turned out to be nothing.Ebverything he has promised to do he has gone back on,everything he said he wouldnt do he has and is doing.Not to mention the fact that as inexperienced as he is in all aspects of running a country everything he continues to do keeps coming back on him as more and more failures
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(4) john perry
10:31PM Sep 30th 2009
I wish I could find an honest democrat that knew his or her facts. Most of them are like our wannabe President who is still on the campaign trail.
Obama is an arrogant,ignorant, egotistical ass, as are most of his constituents.
OBAMA AND THE DEMOCRAT PARTY THINK THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS ARE AS DUMB AS THEIR CONSTITUENT BASE.
The democrat party refuses to allow voter ID and know health care ID. they realize that if they ID is required FRAUD WOULD BE EASIER TO DETECT.This is a blatant effort to bring the illegal aliens into the democrat party.
Illegal aliens are the undereducated, underclass of third world nations. this type of person is the perfect democrat.
I see references to the KKK and the Republican party on this board. You stupid democrats fail to realize when the KKK was founded it was the Para military arm of the democrat party. Several noted historians have referred to the KKK as the TERRORISTS ARM OF THE DEMOCRAT PARTY.
I saw a fallacious reference to welfare and red states. Michigan has the highest unemployment rate in the country followed closely by California. Michigan is bankrupt and has been run by corrupt democrats and the unions for years. Did you know that in DEMOCRAT/UNION run Detroit SCHOOL SYSTEM that 80% of high school graduates cannot read.
California is bankrupt and has been run by democrats and the unions for ever. The democrats will not stop spending and we have a 61BILLON DOLLAR DEFICIT. ANOTHER POINT OF COMMONALITY BETWEEN California AND Michigan IS THE FACT THAT OVER 60 % OF HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES IN THE CALIFORNIA STATE/UNION SYSTEM CANNOT PASS THE HIGH SCHOOL EXIT EXAM. This exam is written to test the 12th graders skills at the 5th, 6th and 7th grade level,is multiple choice and passing is 51%.
Unions and their paid toadies the democrat party have ruined California, Michigan and other states and are in the process of doing to America what they have done to California and Michigan.
California is controlled by the democrats,unions and the two porn, drug, welfare,illegal aliens and pervert capitals of the world, Los Angles and San Francisco. Really something for the democrats to be proud of!
Obama is an arrogant,ignorant, egotistical ass, as are most of his constituents.
OBAMA AND THE DEMOCRAT PARTY THINK THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS ARE AS DUMB AS THEIR CONSTITUENT BASE.
The democrat party refuses to allow voter ID and know health care ID. they realize that if they ID is required FRAUD WOULD BE EASIER TO DETECT.This is a blatant effort to bring the illegal aliens into the democrat party.
Illegal aliens are the undereducated, underclass of third world nations. this type of person is the perfect democrat.
I see references to the KKK and the Republican party on this board. You stupid democrats fail to realize when the KKK was founded it was the Para military arm of the democrat party. Several noted historians have referred to the KKK as the TERRORISTS ARM OF THE DEMOCRAT PARTY.
I saw a fallacious reference to welfare and red states. Michigan has the highest unemployment rate in the country followed closely by California. Michigan is bankrupt and has been run by corrupt democrats and the unions for years. Did you know that in DEMOCRAT/UNION run Detroit SCHOOL SYSTEM that 80% of high school graduates cannot read.
California is bankrupt and has been run by democrats and the unions for ever. The democrats will not stop spending and we have a 61BILLON DOLLAR DEFICIT. ANOTHER POINT OF COMMONALITY BETWEEN California AND Michigan IS THE FACT THAT OVER 60 % OF HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES IN THE CALIFORNIA STATE/UNION SYSTEM CANNOT PASS THE HIGH SCHOOL EXIT EXAM. This exam is written to test the 12th graders skills at the 5th, 6th and 7th grade level,is multiple choice and passing is 51%.
Unions and their paid toadies the democrat party have ruined California, Michigan and other states and are in the process of doing to America what they have done to California and Michigan.
California is controlled by the democrats,unions and the two porn, drug, welfare,illegal aliens and pervert capitals of the world, Los Angles and San Francisco. Really something for the democrats to be proud of!
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(7) big fat poopyhead
11:22PM Sep 30th 2009
I saw a fallacious reference to welfare and red states. Michigan has the highest unemployment rate in the country followed closely by California
xxx
yet they consistently pay MORE into the federal government than they take out. They always do.
You aren't trying to argue with that, are you? The information is in a number of places, but it won't come to you in an email. The last three years, california got back .72 for every dollar paid; michigan, .88, .85, .87 and .92. Even with the auto industry under assault from the retarded right in the welfare states, Michigan still pays for the loafers in tennessee, alaska, mississippi, alabama and the rest of the food stamp states.
your party has nothing to stand on but lies and nothing to offer but more failure. get lost.
xxx
yet they consistently pay MORE into the federal government than they take out. They always do.
You aren't trying to argue with that, are you? The information is in a number of places, but it won't come to you in an email. The last three years, california got back .72 for every dollar paid; michigan, .88, .85, .87 and .92. Even with the auto industry under assault from the retarded right in the welfare states, Michigan still pays for the loafers in tennessee, alaska, mississippi, alabama and the rest of the food stamp states.
your party has nothing to stand on but lies and nothing to offer but more failure. get lost.
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(-2) libslie0066
6:30PM Oct 4th 2009
Email YOUR elected and appointed local, state, and Federal officials for FREE and as often as you want. Don't waste your time with the left wing garbage you see on these boards, they are people who don't have a clue, refuse to acknowledge facts, and are totally selective about what they want to hear, see, and discuss. Go to http://www.votesmart.org/index.htm Let them know in no uncertain terms, NO to Obamacare, Thoroughly Investigate Acorn, No Amnesty for Illegals, No Cap and Tax, STOP the attacks on our own CIA, investigate the socialist and communist CZARS, and STOP the lies. If you like the site, pass it on.
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(1) FXB
3:42PM Oct 1st 2009
Truth be known, for starters, O'bama is just in over his head.
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(8) DON
4:40PM Oct 3rd 2009
COULD OBAMA BE THE ANTICHRIST???????
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(2) libslie0066
6:29PM Oct 4th 2009
Either he is or a wannabe.
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