Hillbilly Report: Gallup Finds a Still Democratic Nation

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by: RDemocrat
Tue Feb 02, 2010 at 11:03:00 AM EST

Despite recent gains and despite all the radio talk show bluster about America being a center-right nation, Gallup has found that contrary to what some want to believe,  America is still a very Democratic nation. When broken down, the numbers are staggering and trend heavily towards the Democratic Party.

These results are based on aggregated data from Gallup Daily tracking in 2009, including interviews with more than 350,000 adults in all 50 states plus the District of Columbia.

Gallup conducted at least 1,000 interviews in every state except Wyoming (878), North Dakota (968), Delaware (997), and the District of Columbia (632). Gallup interviewed more than 20,000 residents each in California, Texas, New York, and Pennsylvania.

Nationwide, party support shifted in a slightly more Republican direction in 2009 after a historically strong Democratic year in 2008. Overall, 49% of Americans in 2009 identified as Democrats or said they were independent but leaned to the Democratic Party, while 41% identified as Republicans or were Republican-leaning independents. That 8-point Democratic advantage compares to a 12-point, 52% to 40%, Democratic advantage in 2008.

Thus, even with the reduction in Democratic strength, the party still maintained a solid advantage over the Republicans nationally last year. It follows, then, that most states continued to be Democratic in their political orientation.

source: http://www.hillbillyreport.org/diary/1139/gallup-finds-a-still-democratic-nation

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