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Home Front: Politix
Number of Democrats Falls to Four-Year Low
2009-12-02
The number of Americans identifying themselves as Democrats fell by nearly two percentage points in November. Added to declines earlier in the year, the number of Democrats in the nation has fallen by five percentage points during 2009.

In November, 36.0% of American adults said they were Democrats. That's down from 37.8% a month ago and the lowest number of Democrats since December 2005. See the History of Party Trends from January 2004 to the present.

The number of Republicans inched up by just over a point in November to 33.1%. That's within the narrow range that Republicans have experienced throughout 2009 - from a low of 31.9% to a high of 33.6%.

The number of adults not affiliated with either party grew half a point last month to 30.8%.
Despite the changes, there are still more Democrats than Republicans in the nation. But the gap is down to 2.9 percentage points, the smallest since December 2007.
Posted by:Fred

#6  If I were a DemocRat (which thank goodness I am NOT), I'd be embarrassed to admit it, too.

Here in SoCal, I remember seeing quite a large number of Obama campaign lawn-signs and bumper stickers magically appear in the days after the election. We nicknamed them "Wood-work Democrats"

So it's not really surprising the numbers are dropping now.
Posted by: Pappy   2009-12-02 22:49  

#5  Lest we fergit, THE JOY BEHAR SHOW + Guest Comedienne WANDA SYKES > THE LEFT IN AMERICA IS NOW THE MEDIA(S)???

IIUC, but NOT the DEMOCRATS = DEMOCRATIC PARTY, or majority therefrom???
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2009-12-02 20:35  

#4  One question that doesn't get asked is whether the "independents" are liberal, moderate (fiscal or social) or conservative. I think that could be very enlightening.
Posted by: tipover   2009-12-02 13:59  

#3  If I were a DemocRat (which thank goodness I am NOT), I'd be embarrassed to admit it, too.
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2009-12-02 12:29  

#2  Too dreadfully bad we have to endure 3 more years of the current occupant of the WH for the scales to finally fall away.
Posted by: Besoeker   2009-12-02 03:45  

#1  AGW's first casualties?
Posted by: gorb   2009-12-02 03:34  

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