Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Latest trends in party identification

The stats below seem to confirm what would be the logical expectation about Republican extremism in the past month or so. Despite the worrying headlines and panicky reports of fascism on the march, hard-line recidivism from unapologetic and aggressive protesters has been basically counter-productive. Its main effect seems to have been to reduce support for the GOP in general. Whilst the ugly scenes may have turned some people off politics altogether, there's no doubt that the drop off in Democrat support has been smaller than that of the Republicans.

Basically good news for Democrats, and good news for healthcare reform, as it'll encourage the Blue Dogs to hunker down in the party.




That said, at the end of the day the United States since mid-July has been a country where a majority of citizens don't identify with either party. How does that make you feel?

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