37 - The Most Important Number in Politics Today

[kpete]

37

That's the number of states that are either solidly or leaning Democratic in a series of Gallup tracking polls conducted over the first six months of 2009. Only eight states are solidly or leaning Republicans in that same data.

The numbers, which are based on party identification of adults in national tracking polls, paint a stark portrait of the challenge facing Republicans not just in the 2010 midterm election but also in the 2012 presidential race.

There are currently 29 states in which Democrats enjoy a 10-percentage point (or more) edge on party identification. Compare that to just four states where the Republican edge is ten points or higher (Utah, Wyoming, Idaho and Alaska) and one (Alabama) that leans toward the GOP.

Add up the 29 states that are in the solidly Democratic category, according to Gallup, and you get 350 electoral votes; add up the four states in the solidly Republican category and you get 15 electoral votes.

more:
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/most-important-number/the-most-important-number-in-p-24.html

[MrScorpio]

1. Looking good

But we can do much better.

Get to work, people

[T Wolf]

3. Correct - Only when there are NO repuke states will real progress be possible. Purging our party

of the DINOs is as important, though.

[ThomWV]

4. Think about what you just said ....

Nothing in all of nature exists without opposition.

[T Wolf]

6. Maybe not, but I'd be willing to try it out for a while, just to see the contrast with corporate/

reich wing rule.

If things do not work out, we can always allow a couple of token fascists back in.

[BolivarianHero]

2. Come on Louisiana

:D And wow...The GOP has the registration edge in Talibama? Guess the civil war really is over.

[SoCalDem]

5. Actually, I would add Alaska to the "leans" list. Prior to Sarah's

hooking up with McCain, Obama was making real progress with Alaska. They are not all that keen on her or many republican office-holders right now.

A little "TLC" , strategically placed could shift Alaska to our column. It's such a low population state, that if enough disgruntled, turned-off republicans just stay home, it could happen.