DEMS SURGE OVER GOP

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Thursday March 06, 2008 · 8:54 AM PST

2008/03/06 · 08:54

According to Republican Pollster Rasmussen Reports, in February, the number of Americans who consider themselves to be Democrats jumped to 41.5%, the highest total on record. Just 31.8% consider themselves to be Republicans. The partisan gap—a 9.7 percentage point advantage for the Democrats—is by far the largest it has ever been. The previous high was a 6.9 point edge for the Democrats in December 2006. Rasmussen Reports tracks this information based upon telephone interviews with approximately 15,000 adults per month and has been doing so since November 2002.

Couple this with the release of the new Gallup poll yesterday, showing both Obama and Clinton beating John McBush, out of the margin of error and we are off to a great start. Not only does this bode well for the Democratic ascendancy to the White House, but it also forecasts what will happen in the senate and in the congress. Maybe 60 democratic senators is not such a dream after all. The latest SUSA Poll shows Dennis Hastert's old seat moving to the democrats in Saturday's special election so we might gain a super majority in the House as well. Here's looking ahead to the fall elections and the worn out, tired, old and anemic McBush.

The 9.7 percentage point advantage for Democrats is up from a 5.6 point advantage a month ago and a 2.1 point advantage two months ago. The surge for the Democrats is especially notable because it reversed a modest trend in the GOP direction that unfolded over much of calendar year 2007 (see history from January 2004 to present).

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