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Gallop Poll-- Selected Trend on Party Affiliation
------------------------Repubs-----------Independents-----------Dems
July 2008 -------------27%---------------- 35% ------------------35%
Sep 2004--------------37%-----------------24%-------------------34%
New Voter Registrations
State---R------------D------------------Other-----------Period
AK----- 2,836-------2,628---------------- 6,825----- March-September
AZ---- 32,141--- 68,480---------------- 4,359----- January-September
CA---- 46,497-- 417,793------------- 117,313----- January-May
CO---- 13,352--- 66,516--------------- 23,437----- January-July
DE-------- 676---- 4,428----------------- 2,200------ July-September
FL----- 77,196-- 209,422--------------- 26,100------ January-June
IA------ 7,515---- 69,301----------------62,922------ January-August
KS----- 1,553---- 13,159---------------- -1,704------ January-March
MD----- 4,260---- 12,338----------------- 5,544------ January-July
NV----- 1,230----- 51,547---------------- 7,550------ January-August
NH---- -1,285------- 1,188------------------ 269------ June-August
NY----- 1,526----- 102,559---------------- -164------ November-March
NC---- 20,363---- 171,955------------ 123,605------ January-August
OR---- 13,349---- 122,518-------------------------- - January-July
PA-------- 289------ 98,137------------- 15,907------ April-August
WY----- 1,390------- 3,409--------------- 5,892------ January-August
I was looking at these figures I just saw today of the % of people that identify themselves as Repubs- and some of the state new voter registration numbers that go heavily Democrat--- and then thinking about the reflections on the Repub Convention...As I noted earlier on here- the Convention almost looked like a Country Club Retirement Home for old grey haired white folks- with few young people or minorities involved...
What does this mean for the future of the Republican Party?
Will they be able to recover with more and more of younger generations becoming so much more tolerant on many issues that the current party base opposes ?
And the fact both candidates are talking about fast tracking as many as 20 million new mostly minority immigrants toward citizenship- which have historically predominately voted Democrat- which with the Dem controlled Congress will surely pass this time :???: