Look at All That Blue

Posted on 08/04/2009 at 1:15 pm by Bob Cesca

New Gallup numbers:

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Whenever I see a map like this, I can’t help but to think back to 2004 when Hannity kept showing the electoral map while crowing, “Look at all that red!”

Gallup observes:

Since Obama was inaugurated, not much has changed in the political party landscape at the state level — the Democratic Party continues to hold a solid advantage in party identification in most states and in the nation as a whole.

So much for the power of the tea parties and all of the accompanying rage.

Adding… The president’s approval number is back up to 56 percent, which probably indicates that he took a slight hit last time due to the Cambridge fracas.

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  • JG

    in other words…”a center-right country”

  • camel54

    I’m afraid I have my doubts about that map. I love the look of it, sure, but here in TN I have to tell you that’s not what it feels like. To be fair, I’m in east TN, which is close to and somewhat a part of coal country. It’s less developed than middle or west TN, mostly white, mostly rural, very religions. Anyway, look at the vast majorities the Republicans won by in the last two prez elections–around 17% I believe. It seems unlikely we could go from that to leaning Democratic in less than a year.

  • Eric

    Hot damn! I hope Gallup can be trusted on this – they’ve got Indiana as solid Democratic. Go Hoosiers!(are you listening, Evan?…)

  • JG

    Woo-hoo–Laura Ling and Euna lee are free!!!!!!!!!! Another diplomatic win for Obama. It is so strange to me that he has engendered so much hatred on the right.

  • http://politicalpartypooper.wordpress.com/ Political Party Pooper

    What’s the color for Independent?

  • camel54

    @PPP, beige. ;)

  • http://tarackian.deviantart.com J M Ashby

    If Kentucky goes blue, I’ll eat my hat.

  • brentblah

    Agreed with JM. I’m in Texas and while we have our bastions of liberalism in places like Austin and certain parts of Houston, I am hard pressed to think our state is even in the “competitive” category. Maybe all the coverage of governor great-hair and protesters and whatnot has just been outweighing any actual signs of progress?

  • http://bethanysworld.com bethany

    RE: TX… KBH is going to run for Governor. Her polling numbers aren’t that great among Republicans b/c she voted for the stimulus. Mostly they’re upset that she voted for something Obama wanted.Gov. Goodhair is losing all credibility with the average voter in TX over his secession speak b/c of the Federal stimulus monies, though, his numbers are high amongst conservatives. So, he’s polling high w/ that group, but that group only.Since KBH is going to run for Governor, she will leave a Senate seat open – a full term Senate seat, as she was facing re-election in 2010. I have NO idea who the GOP is going to attempt to run for this spot, but Houston Mayor Bill White is already campaigning. Since he’s from Houston, he’s already got a strong base for financial backing and, as he’s already campaigning, it’s looking really good.I would think that would put us in the column of competitive. Plus the fact that we do have liberal bastions, such as Austin and parts of Houston to look at. Also, consider the beating the GOP is going to take if they question Sotomayor’s credentials. The Hispanic community (not to mention non-GOPers and some within the Republican party) will not appreciate questions regarding her ethnicity and the use of her background in her decisions.If that’s the case, again, I can understand Texas being competitive. It makes me giddy. Hope it’s true. ;o)