Its slow going but we are gaining on them. Self identified Dem voters up 6% from 2002

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http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/politics/article/0,1406,KNS_356_5467405,00.html

<snip>Overall approval for the Democratic-controlled Congress climbed 7 percentage points from last month to 40 percent, a 12-month high. And that jump was powered by an impressive 22-point increase in approval among Democrats.

Longer-term, Democrats have opened a clear advantage over Republicans on what party voters identify themselves with.

In the latest AP poll, 51 percent of registered voters identified with or leaned toward the Democratic Party, compared with 42 percent for the GOP.

That represents a significant difference from 2002, when party identification split almost evenly at 45 percent Democrat, 44 percent Republican.

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1. took 20 years for GOP to recover from Nixon

http://www.harrisinteractive.com/harris_poll/index.asp?PID=727

GOP affiliation 31-32 early in Nixon term down to 21 at end of Nixon term.
Took until 1988 to get back to 31%. Remember, these are not flexible people so once they decidered, they probably don't undecider too quickly either.

Bush terms starts at 31%. Was down to 27% in 2006.

http://www.harrisinteractive.com/harris_poll/index.asp?PID=727

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2. Yet Dame Rudy beats most Dems in most polls.

It shows that 2008 will be no cakewalk, and we still need to nominate someone who can connect with Democrats and Independents, informed voters (like DUers) and uninformed voters (the whole "vote for the guy I want to have a beer with" type) alike.