Posted on 08/02/2008 11:24:12 AM PDT by avacado
Partisan Trends
Number of Democrats in US Declines in July
During July, the number of Americans who consider themselves to be Democrats fell two percentage points to 39.2%. That’s the first time since January that the number of Democrats has fallen below 41%.
Among men, 34% are Democrats, 33% Republican. Forty-four percent (44%) of women are Democrats, and just 30% claim the GOP as their party.
Forty-one percent (41%) of government employees are Democrats while 31% are Republicans. Among entrepreneurs, 36% are Republican, 34% Democrat. Those who work for someone else in the private sector lean Democratic by a 38% to 31% margin.
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Great graphic. I sent it to all my buds on my mailing list.
This is from the story: “Forty-four percent (44%) of women are Democrats, and just 30% claim the GOP as their party.”
Would a woman please explain to me why women would favor the Dims over the Republicans?
Women are concerned with the safety of their families, budgets and fiscal responsibility, good educational systems, faith, family values. These are all hallmarks of the Republican party, yet a lot more women say they are Democrats than Republicans. It just doesn’t make sense.
I reckon some Democrats fresh out of college last May got the first paycheck of their lives and realized a lot of the cash was missing?
Those statistics are meaningless given the WIDE disparity when it comes to race. By mixing the black and white voters together, it creates an impression that simply isn't there.
Plot the decline in the number of registered Democrats against the rise in the price of motor fuel.
There is a certain minimum that are in FAVOR of higher prices for gasoline, but this is offset by a far larger number who are greatly dismayed by the effects of increasing energy costs. Not all of this may be attrributed to the comparative “softness” of the dollar, though the impact of that is serious enough. An artificial scarcity of energy supply, through regulation or outright prohibition of the reasonable access to the sources of additional supplies, has a multiplier effect that runs through every aspect of our economy and daily lives.
All but the most doctrinaire of Democrats, or their close brethren with whom they travel, have felt the impact of escalating energy costs, as these costs consume more and more of every dollar spent on ANYTHING. Sure, on the short term, there are bargains to be had, but remember, there won’t be anybody to extend these “bargains” to you in only a very short while from now.
We are in for a period of inflation, the likes we have not seen since the 1970’s, when the prices of so many basic goods accelerated sharply from what had been a slow, steady rise from about the early 1950’s on through most of the 1960’s, then about the time Nixon applied price controls, the markets went all skewed, and HUGE displacements took place. Jimmy Carter, for his part, took a bad situation and made it MUCH worse, resulting in something called “stagflation”, with skyrocketing interest rates and the value of the dollar falling simultaneously.
Should Barack Hussein Obama, Jr., the charismatic, messianic Magic Negro, somehow win the White House, and manage to keep a majority in both the House and Senate, there is nothing to prevent a resurgence of the Jimmy Carter years, an isolated period in history we are STILL paying for, nearly a third of a century later.
-PJ
Now this just can’t possibly be— no, no, no— Obama is the Chosen One, and he will fill the hole in your soul. This must be a deception by the ‘White Man’s greed’. Lord Obama is so charismatic that you will feel an epiphany; light will shine upon you and you will feel a tingle up your pants. So this poll must be wrong.
“Yet pollsters will continue to oversample Democrats to boost Obama’s poll numbers.”
And Obama will continue to plan his changes to the White House architecture. Maybe Hillary could decorate his Christmas tree. This is how it MUST be, don’t you understand? / sarcasm
Of course the left will spin it. Yep. The sky is blue. The left spins. And despite recent setbacks and a possible setback this year, the Information Age will ultimately smile upon the Truth. There are only two long term dangers:
1. Further infringements of Free Speech.
2. Immigration.
So, even if McCain wins, we will continue to fight the president on those two vital issues.
What’s the good news? We might win sometimes. FRegards....
bttt
Love it!
I would also add “w/rationing” after “Socialized medicine”
Vast numbers of single women and single mothers want the government to be their daddy/spouse/protector. Sad but true.
When the media and so called historians were going on and on about President Bush being the worst President and how his job approval was in the tank, many people wanted to avoid having pollsters think poorly of them so they denied being Republican. When Republicans are visible and fight back people will more readily identify with the Party. Also when Republicans look viable fewer people feel the need to identify with the apparent popular party, the Democrats.
I believe the percentage of HOMELESS PEOPLE living on WELFARE is still 100% Democrats.
Or maybe 75% Dems 25%Socialists.
percentage of my friends who are DEMOCRATS -- 0%. 25% are independent, 75% republican.
they must have moved to france after gore and kerry lost
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