Gallup: More Americans Are Democrats Than Republicans.
Gallup just released a poll finding that 46% of Americans identify as Democrats or Democratic-leaning, vs. 43% of Americans identifying as Republican or Republican-leaning. This is an increase of two percentage points from earlier this year. Additionally, “Gallup’s Daily tracking survey, which also includes a measure of party identification and leaning, shows a similar four-point Democratic advantage (44% to 40%) in the second quarter of 2010 through June 28 interviewing.”
The poll finds that those Independents that lean or recently said they lean toward Republican was “soft,” and flexible.
“The net result is that Democrats still claim a higher, though reduced, proportion of solid supporters or outright identifiers with the party (32%, compared to 28% Republican identifiers).”