Pew Research Extensive Study: MASSIVE demographic shift in public to Democrats

[Grebrook]

http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?ReportID=293

This is a big study, and it's very good news. It reminds me of all of the different categories where Democrats were bled dry by Republicans in 1994. For comparison purposes, look here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_election,_1994

[MissWaverly]

1. thanks for posting, Grebrook

Thanks for posting this, I will make the first kick toward the Greatest Page.

Miss Waverly

:-)

[JeffR]

2. thanks for the link

And thanks for your tireless efforts to keep DUers optimistic and aware of what's going on back in the "real" world.

:kick:

[tblue]

3. Hooray for our side! Hooray for America!

[rzemanfl]

4. Recommended. With stuff like this, how are they going to

explain another theft?

[rodeodance]

5. Adopt a person-------drag to polls (dems only)

[WI_DEM]

6. excellent--voters 65+ supported the GOP in '02 46-43 now support

democrats 52-36 and by and large they vote. Independents give Dems a 16-pt edge. Women a 17-point edge. If these numbers become reality we will do very well a week from Tuesday.

[gristy]

7. Looks to me like they're going to have to call those "competitive districts"

something else now.

An oversample of voters in 40 competitive districts ­ identified by a consensus of political analysts ­ shows that voting intentions in the battleground districts are about the same as they are in the "safe" House districts. Among registered voters, the Democrats lead by 11 points in competitive districts (50%-39%) and by the same margin in safe districts (49%-38%).

Maybe safe districts? :D

[greeneyedboy]

8. we're in the home stretch. keep up the great work, everyone. & GOTV GOTV GOTV GOTV

[jazzjunkysue]

9. Beautiful. And, pissed-off people vote.

Repugs who expect defeat will stay home. It's no fun to back the losing team.

[applegrove]

10. This is excellent post. Exactly what we need. Tks!

[max in mo]

11. The most inportant part:

looks like it is possible for us to pick up 75 or more house seats.

But there is a slight Democratic advantage in voting intention in the somewhat larger group of 131 districts where Kerry received between 40% to 49% of the vote in 2004: 45% of respondents in these districts say they will vote Democratic in the House race, compared with 40% saying they will vote Republican. Among respondents in the 179 districts where Kerry received half or more of the votes, the Democratic House candidate has a wide lead.

[newyawker99]

16. Hi max in mo!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[treestar]

12. Are they finally waking up?

Finally realizing there is a Constitution and that it will best keep us safe, not untrammeled executive power? Finally?

[Grebrook]

13. Uh oh, good news, can't have this on the front page...

[Zynx]

14. Our shifts are actually even larger than in 1994. I feel good about this

election.

[liberalla]

15. Wow!

I will have to go through this more thoroughly tomorrow. Thanks much!

[Grebrook]

17. Oops, did I kick this? Oh, my mistake :)

[opihimoimoi]

18. Kick & R

:kick:

[texasleo]

19. that's gold! Gold, Jerry, gold!

[Justice Is Comin]

20. .

[grizmaster]

21. saw an overview on PBS last night

thanks for the link

[Kurovski]

22. Kick(nt)

[youthere]

23. My MIL...

has never voted in her life. She's the most apolitical person I know, and today she stopped by to tell me she registered yesterday and voted a straight Dem ticket by absentee ballot.
People have major Bush fatigue.

[librechik]

24. won't it be amazing when the Pukkkes somehow pull off a win anyway?

huh. But fortunately, nobody will raise a fuss about it. It just happened, that's all, No fraud. No hanky panky. Just the good ol US of A System working at its best. Just like last time. And the time before. Oh, we'll have to do something about those pesky glitches someday, I suppose.

[madmusic]

25. K&R, but the voter ID section bothers me.

Should it?

[Kurovski]

26. Kick(nt)

[roamer65]

27. Bush is the greatest gift to the Dems since Herbert Hoover.

[Grebrook]

28. Kick, DU needs more good news