Mod: People are not just walking away from the insurrectionist GOP, they're running away screaming at the tops of their lungs as if from death itself. Gallup poll shows largest increase in Democratic Party affiliation in a decade (USA Todaylink): More Americans identify as Democrats than Republicans by a margin that hasn't been seen in a decade, according to a report released by Gallup on Wednesday.
An average of 49% of adults age 18 and older reported
Democratic Party affiliation or said they are independent with
Democratic leanings throughout the first quarter of 2021, the pollster reported. The survey was conducted by phone from January-March.
In comparison, 40% of adults identified as Republican or Republican-leaning. The 9% difference is the Democrats' largest advantage since the fourth quarter of 2012, according to the report.
The remaining 11% of respondents were political independents with no partisan leanings.
Democrats have typically held a 4 to 6 point advantage over Republicans. Shortly before the first quarter of the year, the gap in affiliation was virtually nonexistent before Democrats' advantage widened by 9%.
Biden Hits 62% Approval, Higher First Rating Than Past 4 Presidents (
Newsmaxlink):
President Joe Biden holds a 62% approval rating in one of the first polls to ask
Americans about their opinion of the new president's job performance, besting the first ratings shown by the past four
Commanders-in-Chief,
CNBC reports.
According to
CNBC’s
All-America Economic Survey,
Biden’s first approval rating is about 18 points higher than the first approval rating of his predecessor, former
President Donald Trump. It also beats the first ratings that former
Presidents Barack Obama,
George W. Bush, and
Bill Clinton received.
Biden holds strong support on his handling of the economy, uniting the country, and fighting the coronavirus pandemic, according to a special online version of the survey.
New Georgia Poll Shows Kemp Losing Governor’s Race to Can of Coca-Cola (
Borowitz Reportlink): In a sign that
Republicans’ war on the carbonated beverage could be backfiring, a new poll of
Georgia’s voters finds
Governor Brian Kemp losing overwhelmingly to a can of
Coca-Cola.
According to the poll, which has a margin of error of four points, seventy-one per cent of Georgia voters preferred a can of the fizzy drink, while only twenty-three per cent chose Kemp.
Although the can of soda predictably performed better than
Kemp when voters were asked which was more refreshing, it also bested the incumbent governor on the question of “Who cares more about people like me?” by an impressive six-to-one margin.
Speaking to reporters, Kemp issued a bellicose warning to his new political rival. “All I can say to Mr. Can of Coke is, be careful what you wish for,” he said. “You’ll recall that our voting law criminalized water. If I can do that to one liquid, I can do that to you.”
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