28% - Republicans: Fewer, More Conservative

[mudesi]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/pew/20090408/ts_pew/28republicansfewermoreconservative

Among registered voters, 28% call themselves Republicans, a decline of five points since 2004 and only a point above a record low level of Republican self-identification in 16 years of polling by the Pew Research Center, found in March 2008. Nearly four-in-ten voters (38%) identify as Democrats and 34% self-identify as independents.

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[DJ13]

1. Wasnt 28% *'s approval ratings near the end of his reign?

[pinto]

2. I think this will define Republicanism for the next four years, at least.

(barring some highly unlikely moderate R growth in 2010) Extremist, obstructionist, wedge baiting, fear mongering, polarizing.

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. Jeebus, you wouldn't know it for all the screaming air time they are getting and doing.

They are trying very very hard to make themselves look....real.

[CanonRay]

4. Is all the airtime they get why everyone else hates them?

I mean, once their views are aired, everyone "normal" can see what idiots they are. That's why they're down to 28%.