Turns Out George W. Bush Was a 'Uniter' After All

By Ginna Green, Shakesville. Posted May 19, 2009.

He was a uniter, after all!

The decline in Republican Party affiliation among Americans in recent years is well documented, but a Gallup analysis now shows that this movement away from the GOP has occurred among nearly every major demographic subgroup. Since the first year of George W. Bush's presidency in 2001, the Republican Party has maintained its support only among frequent churchgoers, with conservatives and senior citizens showing minimal decline.

So far in 2009, aggregated Gallup Poll data show the divide on leaned party identification is 53% Democratic and 39% Republican -- a marked change from 2001, when the parties were evenly matched, according to an average of all of that year's Gallup Polls.

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Melissa McEwan writes and edits the blog Shakespeare's Sister.

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