sailingaway
09-02-2011, 09:40 AM
http://caivn.org/article/2011/09/02/rasmussen-unaffiliated-voters-rise-their-highest-level-ever
The real news here is that there are now just as many Independents as there are Republicans, which is a major accomplishment for a non-traditional political movement. Furthermore, unaffiliated voters experienced a bigger growth rate over the last two months than both of the major parties.
While trend after trend has indicated that the Republican Party came out as the losers during the battle over the debt ceiling, these new Rasmussen findings indicate that they have actually experienced some small growth during these last two months. The Republicans experienced a relatively minor climb from 33.1% to 33.5%.
Democrats, on the other hand, have been hit the hardest. Voter affiliation with the party that once controlled both Houses of Congress in addition to the Presidency has dropped from 34.8% to 33.0% during the past two months. It's the lowest level of voters affiliated with the Democratic Party seen in seven years of Rasmussen's tracking.
The real news here is that there are now just as many Independents as there are Republicans, which is a major accomplishment for a non-traditional political movement. Furthermore, unaffiliated voters experienced a bigger growth rate over the last two months than both of the major parties.
While trend after trend has indicated that the Republican Party came out as the losers during the battle over the debt ceiling, these new Rasmussen findings indicate that they have actually experienced some small growth during these last two months. The Republicans experienced a relatively minor climb from 33.1% to 33.5%.
Democrats, on the other hand, have been hit the hardest. Voter affiliation with the party that once controlled both Houses of Congress in addition to the Presidency has dropped from 34.8% to 33.0% during the past two months. It's the lowest level of voters affiliated with the Democratic Party seen in seven years of Rasmussen's tracking.