Dems losing ground in swing states (Electorate will be Less Democratic, More Independent)

American Thinker ^ | 12/08/2011 | Rick Moran

[SeekAndFind]

A study released by the centrist group, The Third Way, reveals that more than 800,000 Democrats have left the party in 8 battleground states since 2008.

ABC News:

"The numbers show that Democrats' path to victory just got harder," said Lanae Erickson, the report's co-author. "We are seeing both an increase in independents and a decrease in Democrats and that means the coalition they have to assemble is going to rely even more on independents in 2012 than it did in 2008."

Amid frustrating partisan gridlock and unprecedentedly low party-approval ratings, the number of voters registering under a major party is falling fast, but it is also falling disproportionately.

In eight states that will be must-wins in 2012 - Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina and Pennsylvania - Democrats lost 5.4 percent of their registered voters while Republicans lost 3.1 percent. The number of independent voters in those states jumped 3.4 percent.

"People are frustrated and the way you tune out in American politics is that is you drop the label of the two parties," said Steven Jarding, a Harvard public policy professor and Democratic campaign strategist. "The danger for Obama in this is he is not only going to have to capture them but capture more of them because there are less Democratic voters."

[traditional1]

The bulk of the "Independents" are the Conservatives LEAVING the RNC-dictated Republican Party, I would bet.

Being spoon-fed Establishment RINO's is over....Conservatives (which spawned the "Tea Party" have had it with this same ol'/same ol' EVERY Election)

[Buckeye McFrog]

Conservatives fed up with the RNC and white blue-collar working folks who have just learned that Obama plans to throw them under the bus next year.

[txrefugee]

So-called “Independents” elected Obama. They are no smarter than ordinary voters.

[skeeter]

I suspect the electorate will be less & less susceptible to the democrat/media plan to win by smear rather than by positive campaigning.

I think they already are tiring of it.

The only remaining obstacle is ourselves.

[headstamp 2]

People can see for themselves what Obama has done to this country. It’s in the face of everyone but the most brain dead liberal every single day. Plus they have a little animosity left over for the political elite in general.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

"People are frustrated and the way you tune out in American politics is that is you drop the label of the two parties," said Steven Jarding, a Harvard public policy professor and Democratic campaign strategist. "The danger for Obama in this is he is not only going to have to capture them but capture more of them because there are less Democratic voters."

I suppose that being a Harvard professor is negated by being a democrat strategist. I am neither, but when I was in fourth grade, back in the 1950s, I learned the difference between "less" and "fewer."

[DownInFlames]

Not to worry, the DNC will be paying the muzzies and illegals to vote. I believe around 20 million.