New PD: Dems have party ID advantage with every age group
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A new Gallup poll released Friday foretells of significant electoral difficulties for the demographically-challenged Republican Party: Democrats now possess a party identification advantage across every age group, from 18- to 85-years-old.
According to the polling firm, the partisan gap is most evident among voters in their 20s, 40s and 50s — Generation Y and the Baby Boomers, respectively, both of which voted overwhelmingly for President Barack Obama in 2008. Party salience, however, decreases among middle-aged and elderly voters — the Generation X and senior bases to which Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) attributed his modest 2008 election gains. There, the GOP only trails Democrats by single digits.
