A new enthusiasm gap

[ProSense]

A new enthusiasm gap

By Steve Benen

It was hard to avoid discussion of the "enthusiasm gap" in 2010, when excitement among Republican voters easily trumped Democratic zeal, en route to major GOP gains in the midterm cycle.

As attention shifts to the 2012 cycle, the Republican advantage seems to have largely disappeared. In fact, a new report from Public Policy Polling suggests it's Democrats who enjoy the enthusiasm edge.

...Democrats are now more excited about voting this fall than Republicans are, reversing the enthusiasm gap that plagued the party in 2010.

Our last national survey for Daily Kos found that 58% of Democrats were 'very excited' about voting this fall, compared to 54% of Republicans. Six months ago the figures were 48% of Democrats 'very excited' and Republicans at the same 54%. Generally you would expect voters to get more excited as the election gets nearer. That trend is occurring on the Democratic side, but not for the GOP.

Here's that breakdown in chart form:



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http://maddowblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/08/10352348-a-new-enthusiasm-gap

Woo hoo!

[Spazito]

1. The longer the circus that is the repub primary goes on...

the lower the enthusiasm of repub supporters will be, imo. Let the primary continue until just before the convention in August and them, please, please, let it be RMONEY who will be crowned. Repub supporters just don't like him, they don't like him at all!

[ProSense]

2. Yup!

Also, Romney has a real problem with alienating people.

[tech_smythe]

3. all in all i'd say the gop's pretty consistent on this one

mind you OUR enthusiasm going up is a good thing.
they're still kinda "meh"

[lostnote12]

4. Letterman sad it best......Romney looks like a male underwear model

[young but wise]

5. K&R.

[caraher]

6. Bear in mind the 3.1% margin of error

The trend is good for us, but the difference between R and D enthusiasm isn't statistically significant.

[Scurrilous]

7. K & R