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For the first time since FDR and the Great Depression, voters who identify as Republicans outnumber Democrats by a significant margin, according to data released this week by Gallup. Not just Gallup, either. Political analyst Patrick Ruffini noted Monday, “After the exit polls were reweighted to reflect the final popular vote result, Republicans outnumbered Democrats by 5 points in the AP VoteCast survey and by 4 points in the network exit polls.”
Tonight’swe’regonnapartylikeit’s1928.
Sowhatchanged?
Inthelast16years,we’vehad12yearsofhard-leftDemocratpresidentswhogoteverythingtheywanted,legislatively,intheirfirsttwoyearsandthentookadvantageof“theratcheteffect”tolockintheirgains.Nowwehavemoreself-ID’dRepublicansthanDemocratsforthefirsttimeinalmostacentury.
Isubmitthatthesetwoitemsarenotunrelated.
AndAnotherThing:I’dalsoaddthatDemocratshavegrownaddictedtoplayingchickenagainstRepublicans—againsttheentirebudgetingprocess,really—withtheirdebtlimitgames.ContinuingResolutionsessentiallyforced
