The number of solidly democrat states cut in half from 08 to 10. That’s the headline of this report from Gallup on party affiliation.
The bad news for NH democrats comes here:
Looking more closely at the changes in state party affiliation since 2008, only one state moved from a Democratic positioning to a Republican positioning — New Hampshire, which was solidly Democratic in 2008 but now is considered leaning Republican.
New Hampshire ranks second nationwide in change in residents identifying as or leaning democratic since 2008. Gallup shows an 11.3% shift to the right.
I find this interesting for several reasons. First, it is a significant response to the previous four years of democrat majority rule in the Granite State. The left’s agenda was tossed under the hopey-changey bus. Second, the democrats responsible for the public shift away from their own party and agenda are all running unopposed to continue their roles in the State Democrat Party leadership. The party of choice, offers their own party no other choice than more of the same.
While that bodes well for the future of the GOP in our state, what is better still is that to woo back voters to their party and agenda, most of the same liberal-progressives will have to find a way to present themselves as something other than that which got them exiled into the wilderness. How they will manage to do that without looking like liars and hypocrites should be very entertaining to watch.
