Monday, April 27, 2009

21 Percent of Americans Identify Themselves as Republicans

ABC News is reporting that in their recent (today) poll, a mere 21% of all Americans now identify themselves as Republican.

That’s down a little.

Data and charts are here.

And my favorite one is at left. Click to enlarge.

“Obama also has the fortune to preside at a time of continuing disaffection with the Republican Party, now deep in the political wilderness. Allegiance to the GOP has been declining since 2004; today just 21 percent of Americans identify themselves as Republicans, the fewest since September 1983 in ABC/Post polls.”

I can’t see how it can trend lower. 21% of all American voters is roughly the total population of southern white men and church ladies.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

"I can’t see how it can trend lower. 21% of all American voters is roughly the total population of southern white men and church ladies."

your favorite chart shows that democrats have outnumbered republicans by a large majority for a long time...yet, five of the last seven terms of the presidency have been republican...so all those democrats helped put reagan in the white house twice, bush 42 in once and gwb in twice...as a republican (who is neither a southern white man nor a church lady), i'd like to say THANKS, DEMOCRATS!!!