Independent Party ID Tied for High; Democratic ID at New Low
By HatetheSwamp January 13, 2024 2:51 am Category: Politics (0.0 from 0 votes)
Rules of the Post
43% identified as independents in 2023, tying 2014 record
Record-low 27% identify as Democrats, tying Republicans
Republicans maintain slight edge in leaned party identification
Ideological identification steady; conservatives, moderates largest groups
Independents first outnumbered supporters of both major political parties in 1991 and have continued to do so since then, except in several years between 2004 and 2008. Over time, the increase in the percentage of independents has come more at the expense of Democrats than Republicans, which might be expected since Democrats were previously the largest political group.
Gallup asks respondents in each survey whether they identify politically as a Republican, a Democrat or an independent. The results reported here are based on combined data for each year, including interviews with more than 12,000 U.S. adults in 2023.
Independent Leanings Give Republicans a Slight Edge in Party Preferences
All Gallup survey respondents who identify as independents are then asked whether they lean more toward the Republican Party or the Democratic Party. Last year, slightly more independents leaned Republican than leaned Democratic. As a result, a combined 45% of U.S. adults identify as Republicans or lean toward the GOP, while 43% are Democrats or Democratic leaners.
Gang,
A couple of thoughts:
1. We regular SS posters ain't young'nes. Most of you still are connected to the old ways in which political party fanaticism par for the course. The Swamp reigned in the old days... and, with geezers such as yourselves, it still does.
The Swamp is ingenious. It offers a good cop and a bad cop and lets each of you choose which is which. It also provides you with opposing SwampMedias to fuel your folly.
Only Indy, OD and pb here see the scam for what it is. Curt, po, Donna and isle still fall hook, line and sinker for the Swamp silliness.
But, younger people...and geezers with working brain, see the light.
2. The Swamp is overplaying its hand these days... and the Gallup poll proves that. The corrupt Doddering Old Fool's DOJ's lawfare against Trump. The idiocy of the two parties arranging a rematch of "that feckless dementia-ridden piece of crap" and EFFINTrump? People who think and who haven't been scammed see the truth.
Look at the chart in the article. The number of Independents is higher than ever... and increasing.
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