In March, the number of Democrats in the nation fell two percentage points while the number of Republicans fell by half-a-point. Democrats continue to have a sizable advantage in terms of partisan identification, but the advantage is smaller than it’s been since December 2007.
Currently, 38.7% of Americans say they are Democrats. That’s down from 40.8% a month ago. It’s also the first time the Democratic total has slipped below the 40% mark since the Republican convention bounce last September.
Prior to this month’s result, the Democrats have been over the 40% level 10 times in the previous 13 months (see history from January 2004 to present).
In March, 33.2% of American adults say they are Republicans. That’s down from 33.6% a month ago. Over the past year, the number of Republicans has ranged from a low of 31.4% in April to a high of 34.4% in September. - Rasmussen Story
When you have fewer people willing to admit to being a part of a party that generally means that the leaders of that party are moving away from what their followers believe. For all we have heard from the likes of Obama, Pelosi and Reid about how they have a mandate for Change, it appears that the Change we are seeing is not what was listed on the Mandate. The saddest part of it all is that the leaders will ignore all of this until they are whisped out of power during an election instead of following what their followers are telling them. The Republicans found this out the hard way and it appears the Democrats are heading down the same path.
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