A new Gallup Poll finds fewer Americans self-identify as Democrats today than did in 2008. That’s potentially bad news for President Obama’s 2012 re-election bid, as many of the declines occurred in states he carried in 2008.
According to Gallup, in 2010 every state and the District of Columbia had fewer residents describing themselves as Democrats or identifying as independent voters who leaned Democratic. Some of the biggest declines occurred in swing states that helped Obama claim the presidency in 2008, including Nevada, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Colorado and Indiana.