More U.S. adults identify themselves as Democrats as Republicans, according to a Gallup poll published Wednesday.
Why it matters: “The Democratic advantage of nine percentage points is the largest that Gallup has measured since the fourth quarter of 2012, ‘when former President Obama was re-elected, according to a Gallup statement.
By the numbers: 49% of the 3960 people aged 18 and over surveyed from January to March identified with the Democratic Party or said they were independents tending to the Democratic Party.
- 40% were identified as Republicans or Republican liars.
- 11% said they are independent without a biased tendency.
Context: Gallup noted in its statement that the latest figures were measured because COVID-19’s deaths and infections had dropped from their January peak and that President Biden had been inaugurated “despite rioters’ efforts on January 6 to certify his 2020 victory. disrupt election. “
For the record: Democrats enjoyed double-digit benefits for most of 2006 until early 2009 – a period that marked the end of former President George W. Bush’s administration and the election of Obama.
- “The party also had double-digit benefits at the time of Bill Clinton’s election to the presidency in late 1992 and early 1993,” Gallup noted.
- The sampling margin of the most recent poll was plus or minus 2 percentage points.