For so long, people have said “this is Republican country,” but that’s just not true. According to a recent Washington Post/ABC News poll:

Only 20 percent of adults identify themselves as Republicans, little changed in recent months, but still the lowest single number in Post-ABC polls since 1983. Political independents continue to make up the largest group, at 42 percent of respondents; 33 percent call themselves Democrats.

The wide gap in partisan leanings and the lack of confidence in the GOP carries into early assessments of the November 2010 midterm elections: Fifty-one percent say they would back the Democratic candidate in their congressional district if the elections were held now, while 39 percent would vote for the Republican. Independents split 45 percent for the Democrat, 41 percent for the Republican.

In our district, this trend is holding, as more and more voters become disenfranchised with the Republican Party and with party politics as usual. As I cross the district talking with voters, I am struck by just how many voters are disenfranchised with Elton Gallegly. Anecdotally speaking, I have yet to find anyone who gives him high praise for his recent performance. Most people I talk to indicate they think he his “phoning it in”.

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