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Number of Republicans declines to 32-month low rasmussenreports.com |
http://news.yahoo.com/s/rasmussen/partisantrends20060901
Fri Sep 1
Number of Republicans declines to 32-month low
rasmussenreports.com
The number of Americans calling themselves Republican has fallen to
its lowest level in more than two-and-a-half years.
Just 31.9% of American adults now say they're affiliated with the GOP.
That's down from 37.2% in October 2004 and 34.5% at the beginning of
2006.
These results come from Rasmussen Reports tracking surveys of 15,000
voters per month and have a margin of sampling error smaller than a
percentage point.
The number of Democrats has grown slightly, from 36.1% at the
beginning of the year to 37.3% now.
Those who claim to be unaffiliated have increased to 30.8% this month.
That's the highest total recorded since Rasmussen Reports began
releasing this data in January 2004.
Add it all together and the Democrats have their biggest net
advantage?more than five percentage points?since January 2004.
In the first month of 2006, the Democrats' advantage was just 1.6
percentage points.
Last month, 32.8% of adults said they were Republicans and 36.8%
identified themselves as Democrats.
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/2006/July%20Dailies/partyaffiliationjuly.htm
While the party affiliation trends continue moving in the Democrats'
direction, the battle for control of the Senate keeps getting closer.
Our September 1 update of the Senate Balance of Power summary shows
Republicans likely to emerge from Election 2006 with 50 seats,
Democrats with 47, and 3 in the Toss-Up category.
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/2006/BalanceofPower.htm
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Harry
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| User: "wolfagain" |
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| Title: Re: Number of Republicans declines to 32-month low rasmussenreports.com |
01 Sep 2006 02:42:42 PM |
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Harry Hope wrote:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/rasmussen/partisantrends20060901
Fri Sep 1
Number of Republicans declines to 32-month low
rasmussenreports.com
The number of Americans calling themselves Republican has fallen to
its lowest level in more than two-and-a-half years.
Just 31.9% of American adults now say they're affiliated with the GOP.
That's down from 37.2% in October 2004 and 34.5% at the beginning of
2006.
These results come from Rasmussen Reports tracking surveys of 15,000
voters per month and have a margin of sampling error smaller than a
percentage point.
The number of Democrats has grown slightly, from 36.1% at the
beginning of the year to 37.3% now.
Those who claim to be unaffiliated have increased to 30.8% this month.
That's the highest total recorded since Rasmussen Reports began
releasing this data in January 2004.
Add it all together and the Democrats have their biggest net
advantage?more than five percentage points?since January 2004.
In the first month of 2006, the Democrats' advantage was just 1.6
percentage points.
Last month, 32.8% of adults said they were Republicans and 36.8%
identified themselves as Democrats.
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/2006/July%20Dailies/partyaffiliationjuly.htm
While the party affiliation trends continue moving in the Democrats'
direction, the battle for control of the Senate keeps getting closer.
Our September 1 update of the Senate Balance of Power summary shows
Republicans likely to emerge from Election 2006 with 50 seats,
Democrats with 47, and 3 in the Toss-Up category.
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/2006/BalanceofPower.htm
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Harry
How can you poll Republicans? We don't take Spam phone calls or ANY
calls for that matter. But we will be there in Nov. as always! VOTING!
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| User: "ouroboros rex" |
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| Title: Re: Number of Republicans declines to 32-month low rasmussenreports.com |
01 Sep 2006 02:45:30 PM |
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"wolfagain" <wolf@provide.net> wrote in message
news:1157139762.428258.239730@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
Harry Hope wrote:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/rasmussen/partisantrends20060901
Fri Sep 1
Number of Republicans declines to 32-month low
rasmussenreports.com
The number of Americans calling themselves Republican has fallen to
its lowest level in more than two-and-a-half years.
Just 31.9% of American adults now say they're affiliated with the GOP.
That's down from 37.2% in October 2004 and 34.5% at the beginning of
2006.
These results come from Rasmussen Reports tracking surveys of 15,000
voters per month and have a margin of sampling error smaller than a
percentage point.
The number of Democrats has grown slightly, from 36.1% at the
beginning of the year to 37.3% now.
Those who claim to be unaffiliated have increased to 30.8% this month.
That's the highest total recorded since Rasmussen Reports began
releasing this data in January 2004.
Add it all together and the Democrats have their biggest net
advantage?more than five percentage points?since January 2004.
In the first month of 2006, the Democrats' advantage was just 1.6
percentage points.
Last month, 32.8% of adults said they were Republicans and 36.8%
identified themselves as Democrats.
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/2006/July%20Dailies/partyaffiliationjuly.htm
While the party affiliation trends continue moving in the Democrats'
direction, the battle for control of the Senate keeps getting closer.
Our September 1 update of the Senate Balance of Power summary shows
Republicans likely to emerge from Election 2006 with 50 seats,
Democrats with 47, and 3 in the Toss-Up category.
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/2006/BalanceofPower.htm
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Harry
How can you poll Republicans? We don't take Spam phone calls or ANY
calls for that matter.
roflmao THAT's your excuse?
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| User: "Zizek, Angry Man!" |
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| Title: Re: Number of Republicans declines to 32-month low rasmussenreports.com |
01 Sep 2006 09:49:58 PM |
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"wolfagain" <wolf@provide.net> wrote in message
news:1157139762.428258.239730@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
Harry Hope wrote:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/rasmussen/partisantrends20060901
Fri Sep 1
Number of Republicans declines to 32-month low
rasmussenreports.com
The number of Americans calling themselves Republican has fallen to
its lowest level in more than two-and-a-half years.
Just 31.9% of American adults now say they're affiliated with the GOP.
That's down from 37.2% in October 2004 and 34.5% at the beginning of
2006.
These results come from Rasmussen Reports tracking surveys of 15,000
voters per month and have a margin of sampling error smaller than a
percentage point.
The number of Democrats has grown slightly, from 36.1% at the
beginning of the year to 37.3% now.
Those who claim to be unaffiliated have increased to 30.8% this month.
That's the highest total recorded since Rasmussen Reports began
releasing this data in January 2004.
Add it all together and the Democrats have their biggest net
advantage?more than five percentage points?since January 2004.
In the first month of 2006, the Democrats' advantage was just 1.6
percentage points.
Last month, 32.8% of adults said they were Republicans and 36.8%
identified themselves as Democrats.
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/2006/July%20Dailies/partyaffiliationjuly.htm
While the party affiliation trends continue moving in the Democrats'
direction, the battle for control of the Senate keeps getting closer.
Our September 1 update of the Senate Balance of Power summary shows
Republicans likely to emerge from Election 2006 with 50 seats,
Democrats with 47, and 3 in the Toss-Up category.
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/2006/BalanceofPower.htm
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Harry
How can you poll Republicans? We don't take Spam phone calls or ANY
calls for that matter. But we will be there in Nov. as always! VOTING!
The GOP withdrawal from Bush
WASHINGTON - By Election Day, how many Republican candidates will have come
out against the Iraq war or distanced themselves from the administration's
policies?
August of 2006 will be remembered as a watershed in the politics of Iraq: A
majority of Americans told pollsters that the struggle for Iraq was not
connected to the larger war on terror. They thus renounced a proposition the
administration has pushed relentlessly since it began making the case four
years ago to invade Iraq.
That poll finding, from a New York Times/CBS News survey, came to life on
the campaign trail when Rep. Chris Shays, R-Conn., one of the most
articulate supporters of the war, announced last Thursday that he favored a
time frame for withdrawing troops.
Shays is in a tough race against Democrat Diane Farrell, who has made
opposition to the war a central issue. After his 14th trip to Iraq, Shays
announced, "the only way we are able to encourage some political will on the
part of Iraqis is to have a timeline for troop withdrawal."
In July, Rep. Gil Gutknecht, R-Minn., returned from Iraq with an equally
grim view. Americans, he said, lacked "strategic control" of the streets of
Baghdad, and he called for a "limited troop withdrawal - to send the Iraqis
a message." Just the month before, Gutknecht had told his fellow House
members that "now is not the time to go wobbly" on Iraq.
Nearly as significant as the new support for troop withdrawals is the effort
of many Republicans to criticize President Bush without taking a firm stand
on when the troops should come home.
Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., facing a challenge from Democrat Patrick
Murphy, an Iraq war vet, took a page from former President Bill Clinton's
playbook by triangulating between Murphy and the president. A Fitzpatrick
mailing earlier this month said that Fitzpatrick favored a "better, smarter
plan in Iraq" that "says NO to both extremes: No to President Bush's 'stay
the course' strategy ... and no to Patrick Murphy's 'cut and run' approach."
Notice: a Republican is suggesting that Bush's Iraq policy is extreme. That
would not have happened in 2004.
Other Republicans have taken their distance from the president more subtly.
In May, Rep. Jim Gerlach, R-Pa., facing a difficult rematch against Democrat
Lois Murphy, called on Congress "to step up and be more assertive in
assessing the level of progress" in Iraq. He added: "The Iraqi government
needs to know that American patience and support are not blank checks that
Iraqi politicians can cash with American lives and tax dollars."
And judging from the Web sites of other Republicans in close races, many
would prefer to make the Iraq issue disappear.
Consider the campaign Web site of Rep. Mike Sodrel, R-Ind., who faces a
serious opponent in Democrat Baron Hill, a former congressman. On the
"Issues" portion of his site, Sodrel is proud to describe his stands on
border security, gas prices and energy, tax relief, creating jobs, veterans,
health care, supporting small business, and agriculture. As of Monday
evening, there was no entry for Iraq on the campaign Web site, though he
does discuss the issue on his official House site.
All this Republican uneasiness underscores the importance of the New York
Times/CBS poll showing that 51 percent of those surveyed found no link
between the war in Iraq and the broader war on terror, an increase of 10
percent since June. A majority now rejects the administration's core foreign
policy argument.
The cracking of Republican solidarity in support of Bush on Iraq has
short-term implications for November's elections, and long-term implications
for whether the administration can sustain its current policies.
With a growing number of Republicans now echoing Democratic criticisms of
the war, Republican strategists will have a harder time making the election
a referendum on whether the United States should "cut and run" from Iraq,
the administration's typical characterization of the Democrats' view.
And even the war's strongest supporters are offering increasingly critical
assessments of past decisions. Last Tuesday, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.,
recited a litany of past administration statements - "stuff happens, mission
accomplished, last throes, a few dead-enders" - as indications that "we had
not told the American people how tough and difficult this task would be." On
Friday, McCain reiterated his loyalty to the Iraq mission, but he had
already made his point.
The Republicans' restiveness suggests that Bush may not be able to stick
with his current Iraq policy through Election Day. Even if he does, he will
come under heavy pressure from his own party after Nov. 7 to pursue a
demonstrably more effective strategy - or to begin pulling American forces
out.
E.J. Dionne's column appears regularly on editorial pages of The Times. His
e-mail address is
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| User: "robw" |
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01 Sep 2006 10:36:58 PM |
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You take "no" phone calls?
"wolfagain" <wolf@provide.net> wrote in message
news:1157139762.428258.239730@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
Harry Hope wrote:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/rasmussen/partisantrends20060901
Fri Sep 1
Number of Republicans declines to 32-month low
rasmussenreports.com
The number of Americans calling themselves Republican has fallen to
its lowest level in more than two-and-a-half years.
Just 31.9% of American adults now say they're affiliated with the GOP.
That's down from 37.2% in October 2004 and 34.5% at the beginning of
2006.
These results come from Rasmussen Reports tracking surveys of 15,000
voters per month and have a margin of sampling error smaller than a
percentage point.
The number of Democrats has grown slightly, from 36.1% at the
beginning of the year to 37.3% now.
Those who claim to be unaffiliated have increased to 30.8% this month.
That's the highest total recorded since Rasmussen Reports began
releasing this data in January 2004.
Add it all together and the Democrats have their biggest net
advantage?more than five percentage points?since January 2004.
In the first month of 2006, the Democrats' advantage was just 1.6
percentage points.
Last month, 32.8% of adults said they were Republicans and 36.8%
identified themselves as Democrats.
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/2006/July%20Dailies/partyaffiliationjuly.htm
While the party affiliation trends continue moving in the Democrats'
direction, the battle for control of the Senate keeps getting closer.
Our September 1 update of the Senate Balance of Power summary shows
Republicans likely to emerge from Election 2006 with 50 seats,
Democrats with 47, and 3 in the Toss-Up category.
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/2006/BalanceofPower.htm
______________________________________________________
Harry
How can you poll Republicans? We don't take Spam phone calls or ANY
calls for that matter. But we will be there in Nov. as always! VOTING!
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