[ETERNAL WARMING]

“Because Republicans traditionally turn out to vote in higher numbers than do Democrats, the current division in party affiliation among the public could provide the GOP with a slight electoral advantage,” the Pew report says.

Maybe. But the fastest growing group are the Independents. This Republican became one in '02. The Republicans can no longer count on us to vote for them. They'll either earn our vote or do without it.

[Only1choice____Freedom]

If you are a Democrat and you don't vote, are you still a Democrat?

[concerned about politics]

That's why the Democrats are acting rabid dogs. They're willing to see America destroyed rather than turn over power to the pro-American rightous.
Oh well, the demons always screech the loudest when they're being cast out.

It's good to vote Republican. After all, we have God on our side. The Democrats kicked him out.

[MHGinTN]

"Count all those beans together and they could mean big trouble for the next Democratic nominee." The ONLY reason Hatellary Rodhamster clinton is not running for the demonRat presidential candidate nomination.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Bookmark.

[First Amendment]

“As the Democrat party gets smaller, it becomes more liberal, elitist, and angry,” Gillespie wrote, “and as it becomes more liberal, elitist, and angry, it gets smaller.”

Happily true. I call it "taking their masks off".

[PJ-Comix]

There’s been a lot of talk about recent studies showing a decline in the percentage of American voters who identify themselves as Democrats.

True. A lot of people don't realize but most of the Hispanic population is actually conservative for the most part politically. I know a lot of Colombians and Venzuelans and most of them tend toward the conservative. Actually FEW of the immigrants are of the extreme left. That sort of activism is mostly limited to a relatively few of the Aztlan activists. However, even most Mexican Americans tend toward the conservative. The MOST conservative person I ever knew (he made me look like a liberal) was a Mexican-American. BTW, this wasn't a white Mexican-American. This guy had mostly Indian blood.

When you are talking about Hispanics who are Protestants (a growing number), then virtually ALL of them are conservative. However, overall most of the Hispanic folks tend towards the conservative side of the spectrum.

[PJ-Comix]

“There have been increases in Republican party affiliation in nearly every major voting bloc, except among African-Americans.”

Does this include African-Caribbean? The folks from Jamaica, Bahamas, and the other islands tend to be much more conservative than African-Americans. BTW, here in Florida the amazing thing is that probably a majority of black college students are from the Caribbean/Bahamas. The percentage of such female students is much higher. BTW, I am including not only students born in those areas but also students born here but whose parents/grandparents came from those islands. This is just an educated guess, but based on my observations, I estimate that the number of female black college students of Caribbean/Bahamian background in South Florida is somewhere around 75% of the total female black students.

[ptlurking]

Watch out for another Perot-like third party run in 2004.
That's the Dem's only hope.

[Semper Paratus]

One word, Demographics.

The older voters who drank the Kennedy Kool-Aid are dying off and the younger voters who could care less are now starting families, 401k's and mortgages.

[cookcounty]

It would be great fo find a little more definition here.

When this guy gives the "used to be" numbers, how far back is he going? And when he says "now" is he talking about this month, or registrations in the wake of 9-11?

[SamAdams76]

but blue states have gotten redder, too.

For all the grief I take for being from Massachusetts, there is a strong base of Republicans up here. Most of my co-workers voted for Bush in 2000 and detest the liberals on Beacon Hill and our two senators (Kennedy and Kerry). We haven't had a Democratic governor since 1990 (Dukakis) and just last November, Republican Mitt Romney trounced the liberal candidate for governor (Shannon O'Brien). It wasn't even a close contest.

I think we get a bad rap up here. Yes, it is frustrating to see Democrats elected again and again at the local levels, but the GOP has no real organization here. They always write off our state and pour their resources elsewhere. Many of the Democrats run completely unopposed. It really bothers me.

Meanwhile, I go down to Alabama frequently (where most of my family lives) and they are mostly all Democrats. Go figure.

[LonePalm]

Ping! I thought you might find this interesting.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)