AMERICAN CONSERVATISM IN 2008 AND BEYOND

She fails to understand that our modern day families are not choosing between a cruise on a luxury liner or a membership at the posh country club. They're struggling to survive.

Conservatives Now Outnumber Liberals in All 50 States, Says Gallup Poll
Monday, August 17, 2009
By Terence P. Jeffrey, Editor-in-Chief

(CNSNews.com) - Self-identified conservatives outnumber self-identified liberals in all 50 states of the union, according to the Gallup Poll.

At the same time, more Americans nationwide are saying this year that they are conservative than have made that claim in any of the last four years.

In 2009, 40% percent of respondents in Gallup surveys that have interviewed more than 160,000 Americans have said that they are either “conservative” (31%) or “very conservative” (9%). That is the highest percentage in any year since 2004.

Only 21% have told Gallup they are liberal, including 16% who say they are “liberal” and 5% who say they are “very liberal.”

Thirty-five percent of Americans say they are moderate.
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/52602

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Conservatives Now Outnumber Liberals in All 50 States, Says Gallup Poll

Selected Trend on Party Affiliation: 2004-2009


...........................Republicans Independents Democrats


2009 Jul 17-19..........26.......................39......................33

2009 Jul 10-12..........29.......................33.......................37

2009 Jun 14-17..........29......................37.......................32

2009 May 29-31........26......................37........................35

2009 May 7-10...........32.....................34.........................32

2009 Apr 20-21..........27.....................36.........................36

2009 Apr 6-9..............24.....................40.........................35

May 18, 2009
GOP Losses Span Nearly All Demographic Groups
Only frequent churchgoers show no decline in support since 2001
by Jeffrey M. Jones

PRINCETON, NJ -- The decline in Republican Party affiliation among Americans in recent years is well documented, but a Gallup analysis now shows that this movement away from the GOP has occurred among nearly every major demographic subgroup. Since the first year of George W. Bush's presidency in 2001, the Republican Party has maintained its support only among frequent churchgoers, with conservatives and senior citizens showing minimal decline.

Foxie, I'm not sure where you got your numbers from,

If that's the case, Gallup is conflicted in its own polls.

In April 2009 NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll reported 19 percent of Americans are "strictly independent," while another 23 percent call themselves independent but "lean" either Republican or Democratic. That poll found an almost equal number of "leaners" toward each party, while the Pew survey found a significantly higher percentage lean Democrat than Republican.

Why are the independents being ignored? I know of no such thing.
According to most of the polls by polling agencies during the recent past, they have essentially shown that democrats outnumber republicans. Even during the last presidential election, many conservative states voted for Obama.

Well, tracking by most of the polling agencies have shown the trend that the majority of voters were liberal.

So all of a sudden, depending on how the question is asked, that turns around the whole issue of party affiliation vs their politics?