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Polls show Democrats gaining ground in state [Alabama]; Party identification figures rival GOP's
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| Contributor | Brandonius Maximus |
| Last Edited | Brandonius Maximus Jun 17, 2007 01:08pm |
| Category | Analysis |
| News Date | Jun 17, 2007 01:00pm |
| Description | MONTGOMERY - Alabama voters were about evenly split this spring between thinking of themselves as Republicans or Democrats, a change from much of the past six years when more voters identified with the Republican Party.
That's according to a review of 48 polls conducted since 1996 by the Capital Survey Research Center, the polling arm of the Alabama Education Association teachers lobby.
A poll conducted May 10-17 by the center showed 39 percent of state voters identifying with the Republican Party, compared with 35 percent with Democrats and 23 percent who thought of themselves as independents. The poll's margin of error was plus or minus 4.3 percent.
A poll done a week earlier showed 42 percent of state voters identifying with the Democratic Party, compared with 38 percent with Republicans. The margin of error was 4.2 percent.
If that rough equality in voters' party identification continues through November 2008, Democrats then could do even better in races for statewide posts than they did last year, said polling center director Gerald Johnson.
"It's a competitive playing field now," he said. "Now, where it goes from here is, of course, the big question."
Democrats last November won statewide races for chief justice and lieutenant governor, among others. Republicans won races for governor and four other seats on the state Supreme Court, among others. |
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