According to new research released today by Rasmussen, more voters identify themselves as Republican than ever in the last 8 years. More importantly, by a 4 point margin, more voters identify as GOP than Democrat. This is the largest spread between the parties ever. Worse for Democrats, the number of voters who identify with their party is also approaching an historic low.
In August, 37.6% of voters identified themselves as Republican. That is up from 34.9% in July. By contrast, just 33.3% of voters identify themselves as Democrats. That is very near their historic low in February, when 32.4% of voters identified as Democrat. The 4.3 margin in favor of the GOP is the biggest gap ever between the parties. In November 2010, when the GOP won a landslide in the mid-term elections, their advantage was just 1.3 points.More
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I think also that a LOT of Democrats will be voting Romney this time around even without switching parties. The truth is just plain too obvious.
When I lived in Florida, I found that if I wanted to vote for anyone in the Primary elections, I had to register as a Dem, as usually there was only one Republican running anyway. So, I would vote for the Dem most likely to get beaten by the Republican candidate. There;s more than one way to skin a cat!
Not that I do a straight ticket, either. All candidates are up for scrutiny. Wish I could vote for Ron P, but here we are.
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