I read some researches on Americans' political affiliation back a few weeks ago, and there were some interesting numbers. There are 40% of Americans self-identify as conservative, 35% as moderate, only 21% are liberal. Meanwhile, 31% of Americans are Democrat, 27% are Republican, with 40% indenpendent.
When there are almost twice as many conservatives as liberals, the GOP just can't win an election when the economy was that bad. Let's break the two sets of numbers. In term of political ideology, giving the popular vote as 51.1% to 47.2% in favor of Democratic Party, if all conservatives voted for the GOP candidates, only 20% of moderates were on Republican's side. In term of party affiliation, the GOP lost 13% of American population while the Democratic Party gained 10% , and the two parties broke even among the indenpendents.
To make it clear, the recent elections and polls show a cold fact: to the GOP winning the moderates/indenpendents is no longer a concern, instead keeping its own grand has become the priority. That's why I say the GOP is dead. Thus, there is a vacancy of representation of conservatism.
Bed time. Next one will be on how sick the GOP is.
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