This dog HAS been staying the same for as long as I can remember…
So the poll isn’t a surprise to me at all…
BUT?
It IS a warning to Democrats….Something the establishment party members KNOW, and keep them worrying about an Independent interloper , that seems to have the media ‘s fancy with less then the parties overall support (reminding us of somebody else?)…
As Americans continued to lean more Democratic than Republican in their party preferences in 2019, the ideological balance of the country remained center-right, with 37% of Americans, on average, identifying as conservative during the year, 35% as moderate and 24% as liberal.
The 2019 findings are based on combined data from 21 Gallup telephone surveys conducted throughout the year, encompassing over 29,000 interviews with U.S. adults.
The percentage identifying as conservative in 2019 was up two points from the 35% measured in 2018, while the percentage liberal was down two points from 26%. While these changes are statistically significant, some two-point changes in the past were short-lived, so it will be important to see whether these trends continue in 2020.
Regardless, conservatives and moderates remain closely matched in U.S. ideological preferences, as they have been since 2015. This follows several years — from 2009 to 2014 — when conservatives consistently outnumbered moderates. Before that, from 1999 to 2008, the two groups were about even, whereas from 1992 to 1998, moderates generally had the slight edge.
Meanwhile, liberal identification has gradually expanded over the past two decades, rising from 16% in 1996 to 19% by the late 1990s, 20% during George W. Bush’s presidency, an average 23% during Barack Obama’s presidency and 25% since Donald Trump took office…
Cool, that’s me.
(Shame both parties have to suck so bad and might be on a collision course for dual disaster)