According to a Gallup poll released Wednesday, more American adults identify as Democrats than Republicans.
Why it’s important: “The Democratic advantage of nine percentage points is the largest Gallup has measured since the fourth quarter of 2012, “when former President Obama was re-elected, according to a Gallup statement.
By numbers: 49% of the 3,960 people aged 18 and over surveyed from January to March identified with the Democratic Party or said they were independents leaning towards the Democratic Party.
- 40% identify as Republicans or Republicans.
- 11% said they are independent without partisan inclinations.
Context: Gallup said in a statement that the latest figures were measured as deaths and COVID-19 infections declined from the January high and that President Biden was inaugurated “despite attempted riots on March 6. January to interrupt the certification of his victory in the 2020 elections. “
For the record: Democrats have had double-digit advantages “for most of 2006 through early 2009,” a period spanning the end of former President George W. Bush’s administration and the election of Obama.
- “The party also had double-digit advantages at the time of the election of Bill Clinton as president in late 1992 and early 1993,” Gallup noted.
- The margin of sampling error in the last survey was approximately 2 percentage points.