Gallup: Republicans Still Have Enthusiasm Edge

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A new poll from Gallup shows that more Republicans are fired up to vote this year, a trend that been consistent in their polling over the cycle so far. In the latest numbers, 53 percent of GOPers are “more enthusiastic than usual about voting” this year to 45 percent of Democrats. From Gallup:

The 53% of Republicans who feel more enthusiastic about voting today — as Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum are engaged in a pitched nomination battle — is greater than the 44% found in February 2008 when John McCain and Mike Huckabee were still dueling in the primaries.

Still, Republicans today are not nearly as enthused about voting as Democrats were in February 2008, during the competitive nomination battle between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.

At that time, 79% of Democrats said they were more enthusiastic than usual about voting, higher than the 53% of Republicans today and the 44% of Republicans in 2008.

 

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