PrintJanuary 30, 2014
More States Are Quietly Becoming Republican
A Gallup Poll in late January showed that more and more states are becoming Republican. Gallup tells us that 14 of the 50 states have a clear majority of respondents calling themselves "Republicans," and 17 of the 50 states have a clear majority of respondents calling themselves "Democrats." This, however, dramatically understates the growing Republican advantage in many states. The following 14 states are presented by Gallup as neither Democrat nor Republican: Arizona, Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, Kentucky, Missouri, Indiana, West Virginia, Iowa, Wisconsin and Ohio.
Election results, however, suggest a strong Republican trend.
State legislatures are the basement of politics in America. In 11 of those 14, Republicans today control both houses of the state legislature: Arizona, Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, Missouri, Indiana, Ohio, and Wisconsin. In...(Read Full Article)
