Independent Voters Tilt Toward Democrats - AP\Yahoo News

[WillyT]

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WASHINGTON - Michael Brooks is exactly the kind of voter the Republican Party can ill afford to lose. But in a foreboding omen for 2008, it may have already done just that. The auto parts store worker from St. Charles, Mo., says he used to be a Republican but felt abandoned and is now an independent.

"For some reason or other, they didn't seem to be for the masses anymore," said Brooks, 59, citing a lack of help for middle-income earners. He said he voted for George W. Bush in 2000, thinking the Republican was "more middle of the road, for the people. Obviously I was incorrect."

Brooks is not alone. From coast to coast, independent voters tilt tellingly toward Democrats in their opposition to the Iraq war, their displeasure with Bush and their feeling that the country is moving in the wrong direction, according to data from recent Associated Press-Ipsos polls.

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National exit polls show that after leaning toward Republicans by 48 percent to 45 percent as recently as the 2002 elections, independents began shifting toward Democrats. "This is a serious problem" for Republicans, says GOP pollster Neil Newhouse. "We didn't get where we are among independents overnight. The data does suggest that it's going to take us some time to earn those votes back."

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Link: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070923/ap_on_el_ge/irked_independents;_ylt=At_BThUVtNSmaaQ2BcamUs6s0NUE

I think I'll just let this speak for itself.

[WillyT]

1. And...

Americans Deeply Dissatisfied With Nation's Governance
Democrats much more negative than Republicans

by Frank Newport

GALLUP NEWS SERVICE

PRINCETON, NJ -- Americans remain deeply dissatisfied with the way the nation is being governed today, fueled in large part by the negative sentiments of Democrats and independents. The current level of satisfaction is the lowest it has been this decade, and is as low as at any other point at which the question was asked since September 1973. There is no indication that Democrats have become more pleased with governance as a result of their takeover of Congress after last November's election.

Link: http://www.galluppoll.com/content/?ci=28756

Now THERE is an understatement, LOL!!!

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