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  philbrick2 months, 1 week ago

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  But how many are republicans?
  
  20%
  
  "Wait…how is this possibly accurate reporting? Do the math with real numbers and separate your apples and oranges from this fermented fruit punch with a lemon slice squeezed hard to the right. I can see that 40% were willing to define selves as conservative, but the other 60% are moderate or liberal. The funnier thing is only 20% of Americans are willing to declare themselves to be Republicans. There is a large segment of Libertarian-minded folk that have become quite uncomfortable with the GOP’s flailing leadership. Assuming a strong correlation between conservatives and admitting Republican affiliation, it seems that at best about 50% of conservatives (plus I’d allow that perhaps there is a wee percentage of disaffected moderates) are willing to declare themselves Republican–that would jive with other very recent surveys showing only 20% identify themselves as voting base of the GOP. That splintering of the ‘conservative’ base should be the real news and analysis. The inability to come up with influential policy and polical leaders other than Sarah Palin, Rush Limbeau or Bill O’Reilly, and loss of solidarity of the ‘evangelical’ vote should be the true concerns of conservatives for 2010/2012".

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