The number of Americans who consider themselves to be Republicans jumped nearly two percentage points in December to 34.2%. That’s the largest market share for the Republican brand in nearly two years, since January 2006 (see history from January 2004 to present).
At the same time, the number of Democrats fell to 36.3%. That’s down a point compared to a month ago. During 2007, the number of Democrats has ranged from a low of 35.9% in July to a high of 37.8% in February.
Talk about cherry-picking 101...
So if we look at only two data points, we can ignore the general back-slide in stats of the Republican party (and actually the Democratics as well) over the years in favor of declaring a short-term "hooray".
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From January 2005 -> January 2006, the Republicans dropped 1.5 points. Any fanfare on that?
If you crunch the numbers, the Republicans have dropped (linear regression analysis) 0.1 per month.
Democrats dropped 0.02 per month.
The big winner is the "Other" category which has gained that 0.12. Too bad we can't elect that guy...
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Originally Posted by cnredd
You know what I find the most funny about this?...
The busted myth that Republicans are CEOs in 3 piece suits swimming in $100 bills in the conference room or backwoods rednecks kissing their sister...
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How is that a "busted myth"?
The Republican demographic is made up of a wide variety of people, including CEOs swimming in $100 bills and backwoods rednecks kissing their sisters.
The Democrat demographic is also made up of a wide variety of people, including other rich people swimming in eco-friendly, organic $100 bills and dressed up backwoods rednecks kissing trees.