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Conservative Nation

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Gallup is out with an interesting poll here showing that self-identified conservatives outnumber self-identified liberals in all but three states, often by substantial margins.  In three states, Hawaii, Vermont and Massachusetts, liberals and conservatives are tied. Liberals are only in a majority in the District of Columbia.  The state by state results are here.  As a conservative I would like to thank President Obama for his hard work in swelling the ranks of conservatives in time for next year’s elections. 

 

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John Henry
Tuesday, August 18, AD 2009 12:47pm

It’s certainly true that the number of people identifying as ‘conservative’ has gone up, but party affiliation (i.e. ‘Republican’ v. ‘Democrat’) is more instructive from my perspective – and tells a very different story about the relative strength of the parties. Measured by registered party affiliation, Democrats have a sizable advantage in 30 states; Republicans in 4.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/122003/Political-Party-Affiliation-States-Blue-Red-Far.aspx

Dale Price
Dale Price
Tuesday, August 18, AD 2009 1:24pm

November 2010 is an eternity away, politically speaking.

Just as it was unwise to extrapolate permanent Republican and Democratic majorities based on the elections of 2002/2004 and 2006/2008 respectively, it’s too early to tell if this has some modest realignment potential or is just focused anger at a current set of policies.

A lot can happen in 14 months.

Blackadder
Blackadder
Tuesday, August 18, AD 2009 1:54pm

Self-described conservatives have outnumbered self-described liberals for decades, so that’s not really new. Registered Democrats have also traditionally tended to outnumber registered Republicans, though the gap did close briefly during the Bush years.

I suspect that the polling on conservatives vs. liberals paints an overly rosy picture (at least from a conservative perspective). People who hold stereotypically liberal views have a tendency to disclaim the liberal label (perhaps you’ve noticed this) which would tend to make the number of liberals appear lower in polling than is actually the case.

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