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I wonder whats wrong with that party.
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Biker it's straight from the Gallup Poll you do know Gallup isn't a Republican outfit don't you? All they did was print what Gallup said.
Gallup Poll: Republicans Lose In All Demographic Groups Except Conservatives, Churchgoers And Seniors
Posted by JOE GANDELMAN, Editor-In-Chief in At TMV, Politics.
May 19th, 2009 | Comments
A new Gallup poll provides evidence that the Republican party has now been seriously downsized in support from 2001 to 2009 steadily losing ground in a host of groups across the boards, particularly among college graduates and moderates.
The groups that have held largely firm have been conservatives, churchgoers and seniors groups already considered part of the partys base indicating more than ever that the GOP is evolving into a group playing to itself and its base but not making the adequate inroads required to build a new politically dominant coalition or successfully win over the bulk of younger voters.
Gallups conclusions, its graphs and a chart more than ever underscore the seriousness of the GOPs now raging debate over who is a real Republican because it provides evidence that trying to convince existing members of the Republican coalition will not be enough. Gallup doesnt find any major new erosion of the GOP right now under President Barack Obama, but it doesnt find any growth at a time when identification with the Republican party has plummeted.
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. Bushs presidency in 2001, the Republican Party has maintained its support only among frequent churchgoers, with conservatives and senior citizens showing minimal decline.
So far in 2009, aggregated Gallup Poll data show the divide on leaned party identification is 53% Democratic and 39% Republican a marked change from 2001, when the parties were evenly matched, according to an average of all of that years Gallup Polls. That represents a loss of five points for the Republicans and a gain of eight points for the Democrats.
How extensive is this shift?
The parties were also evenly matched on basic party identification in 2001 (which does not take into account the partisan leanings of independents), with 32% identifying themselves as Republicans, 33% as Democrats, and 34% as independents. The 2009 data show the GOP losing five points since then, with identification increasing three points among both Democrats and independents.
This has major implications for Republicans in the short and long term. The Washington Posts Chris Cillizza writes:
Put simply: Toss-up demographic groups eight years ago have moved en masse in Democrats favor, leaving the GOP with only its base still on its side.
This Gallup analysis makes clear the significant brand damage the last eight years of the Bush Administration have inflicted on the party and seems to suggest that the problems are so widespread that no one candidate or even one election will solve them.
While former president George W. Bush is not on the ballot in 2010 (or even 2012), the party must find a way to re-define itself away from the past eight years if they want to recruit swing demographic groups back to their side.
The task facing Republicans who want to win elections, versus run candidates who make political ideological statements, becomes even more formidable when some aspects of this are looked at a bit closer.
The republicans haven't been a viable alternative since at least the days of Barry Goldwater.
Name one company Bush bankrupted. He sold the Texas Rangers for more than he bought them and while he was in charge the were perrenial playoff contenders.
George W. Bush Resume
Past work experience:
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Ran for congress and lost.
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Produced a Hollywood slasher B movie.
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Bought an oil company, but couldn't find any oil in Texas, company went bankrupt shortly after I sold all my stock.
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Bought the Texas Rangers baseball team in a sweetheart deal that took land using tax-payer money. Biggest move: Traded Sammy Sosa to the Chicago White Sox.
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With fathers help (and his name) was elected Governor of Texas.
Accomplishments: Changed pollution laws for power and oil companies and made Texas the most polluted state in the Union. Replaced Los Angeles with Houston as the most smog ridden city in America. Cut taxes and bankrupted the Texas government to the tune of billions in borrowed money. Set record for most executions by any Governor in American history.
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Became president after losing the popular vote by over 500,000 votes, with the help of my fathers appointments to the Supreme Court.
Accomplishments as president:
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Attacked and took over two countries.
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Spent the surplus and bankrupted the treasury.
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Shattered record for biggest annual deficit in history.
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Set economic record for most private bankruptcies filed in any 12 month period.
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Set all-time record for biggest drop in the history of the stock market.
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First president in decades to execute a federal prisoner.
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First president in US history to enter office with a criminal record.
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First year in office set the all-time record for most days on vacation by any president in US history.
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After taking the entire month of August off for vacation, presided over the worst security failure in US history.
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Set the record for most campaign fund-raising trips than any other president in US history.
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In my first two years in office over 2 million Americans lost their job.
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Cut unemployment benefits for more out of work Americans than any president in US history.
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Set the all-time record for most foreclosures in a 12 month period.
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Appointed more convicted criminals to administration positions than any president in US history.
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Set the record for the least amount of press conferences than any president since the advent of television.
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Signed more laws and executive orders circumventing the Constitution than any president in US history.
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Presided over the biggest energy crises in US history and refused to intervene when corruption was revealed.
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Presided over the highest gasoline prices in US history and refused to use the national reserves as past presidents have.
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Cut healthcare benefits for war veterans.
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Set the all-time record for most people worldwide to simultaneously take to the streets to protest me (15 million people), shattering the record for protest against any person in the history of mankind. (2003-03-15 War Protests Around the World)
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Dissolved more international treaties than any president in US history.
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My presidency is the most secretive and un-accountable of any in US history.
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Members of my cabinet are the richest of any administration in US history. (the 'poorest' multi-millionaire, Condoleezza Rice has an Chevron oil tanker named after her).
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Had more states to simultaneously go bankrupt than any president in the history of the United States.
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Presided over the biggest corporate stock market fraud of any market in any country in the history of the world.
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Created the largest government department bureaucracy in the history of the United States.
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Set the all-time record for biggest annual budget spending increases, more than any president in US history.
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First president in US history to have the United Nations remove the US from the human rights commission.
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First president in US history to have the United Nations remove the US from the elections monitoring board.
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Removed more checks and balances, and have the least amount of congressional oversight than any presidential administration in US history.
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Rendered the entire United Nations irrelevant.
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Withdrew from the World Court of Law.
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Refused to allow inspectors access to US prisoners of war and by default no longer abide by the Geneva Conventions.
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First president in US history to refuse United Nations election inspectors (during the 2002 US elections).
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All-time US (and world) record holder for most corporate campaign donations.
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My biggest life-time campaign contributor presided over one of the largest corporate bankruptcy frauds in world history (Kenneth Lay, former CEO of Enron Corporation).
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Spent more money on polls and focus groups than any president in US history.
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First president in US history to unilaterally attack a sovereign nation against the will of the United Nations and the world community.
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First president to run and hide when the US came under attack (and then lied saying the enemy had the code to Air Force 1)
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First US president to establish a secret shadow government.
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Took the biggest world sympathy for the US after 911, and in less than a year made the US the most resented country in the world (possibly the biggest diplomatic failure in US and world history).
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With a policy of 'dis-engagement' created the most hostile Israeli-Palestine relations in at least 30 years.
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Fist US president in history to have a majority of the people of Europe (71%) view my presidency as the biggest threat to world peace and stability.
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First US president in history to have the people of South Korea more threatened by the US than their immediate neighbor, North Korea.
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Changed US policy to allow convicted criminals to be awarded government contracts.
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Set all-time record for number of administration appointees who violated US law by not selling huge investments in corporations bidding for government contracts.
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Failed to fulfill my pledge to get Osama Bin Laden 'dead or alive'.
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Failed to capture the anthrax killer who tried to murder the leaders of our country at the United States Capitol building. After 18 months I have no leads and zero suspects.
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In the 18 months following the 911 attacks I have successfully prevented any public investigation into the biggest security failure in the history of the United States.
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Removed more freedoms and civil liberties for Americans than any other president in US history.
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In a little over two years created the most divided country in decades, possibly the most divided the US has ever been since the civil war.
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Entered office with the strongest economy in US history and in less than two years turned every single economic category heading straight down.
Records and References:
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At least one conviction for drunk driving in Maine (Texas driving record has been erased and is not available).
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AWOL from National Guard and Deserted the military during a time of war.
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Refuse to take drug test or even answer any questions about drug use.
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All records of my tenure as governor of Texas have been spirited away to my fathers library, sealed in secrecy and un-available for public view.
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All records of any SEC investigations into my insider trading or bankrupt companies are sealed in secrecy and un-available for public view.
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All minutes of meetings for any public corporation I served on the board are sealed in secrecy and un-available for public view.
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Any records or minutes from meetings I (or my VP) attended regarding public energy policy are sealed in secrecy and un-available for public review.
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For personal references please speak to my daddy or uncle James Baker (They can be reached at their offices of the Carlyle Group for war-profiteering.)
A BUZZFLASH READER COMMENTARY
Bullshit....The mythical "surplus" was projected to occur in 2002.Wrong. When Clinton left, the US had a SURPLUS.
The same thing that is wrong with the democrats, they are in it for themselves.
Why are so many people leaving the republican party now?
BALONEY!Bullshit....The mythical "surplus" was projected to occur in 2002.Wrong. When Clinton left, the US had a SURPLUS.
Perot called this and demonstrated it was all pretty much on autopilot back in '92, and all the partisan hacks-in-the-boxes in both parties keep pretending that they're the ones who were driving the inevitable.
