Party Affiliation

In politics, as of today, do you consider yourself a Republican, a Democrat, or an independent? (Asked of independents: As of today, do you lean more to the Democratic Party or the Republican Party?)

Selected Trend on Party Affiliation: 2004-2009

	Republicans	Independents	Democrats	Republicans (including "leaners")	Democrats (including "leaners")
	%	%	%	%	%
2009 Nov 5-8	26	39	32	44	46
2009 Oct 16-19	25	41	32	41	47
2009 Oct 1-4	27	38	33	43	46
2009 Sep 11-13	26	40	33	43	47
2009 Aug 31-Sep 2	28	36	35	43	49
2009 Aug 6-9	28	35	35	43	47
2009 Jul 17-19	26	39	33	41	48
2009 Jul 10-12	29	33	37	42	50
2009 Jun 14-17	29	37	32	41	48
2009 May 29-31	26	37	35	39	48
2009 May 7-10	32	34	32	45	45
2009 Apr 20-21	27	36	36	39	50
2009 Apr 6-9	24	40	35	34	53
2009 Mar 27-29	28	35	35	40	51
2009 Mar 5-8	25	35	38	35	53
2009 Feb 20-22	27	36	34	39	51
2009 Feb 9-12	29	36	33	39	51
2009 Jan 30-Feb 1	27	35	36	38	53
2009 Jan 9-11	30	33	36	41	51
2008 Dec 12-14	26	35	37	35	52
2008 Dec 4-7	27	33	37	39	51
2008 Nov 13-16	26	35	39	37	55
2008 Nov 7-9	28	37	33	40	51
2008 Oct 23-26	33	32	34	45	48
2008 Oct 10-12	30	33	35	41	52
2008 Oct 3-5	27	38	33	40	50
2008 Sep 26-27	28	35	35	40	50
2008 Sep 8-11	32	31	35	43	50
2008 Sep 5-7	30	34	35	47	48
2008 Aug 21-23	27	37	36	40	53
2008 Aug 7-10	31	32	35	40	50
2008 Jul 25-27	29	33	36	41	48
2008 Jul 10-13	27	35	35	37	47
2008 Jun 15-19	30	35	34	40	51
2008 Jun 9-12	29	36	33	41	49
2008 May 30-Jun1	26	36	37	39	53
2008 May 8-11	27	35	37	40	52
2008 May 1-3	27	37	36	42	53
2008 Apr 18-20	25	38	36	39	56
2008 Apr 6-9	26	35	37	36	55
2008 Mar 14-16	29	33	38	41	53
2008 Mar 6-9	28	37	34	38	53
2008 Feb 21-24	29	34	36	38	53
2008 Feb 11-14	26	34	40	38	54
2008 Feb 8-10	28	34	37	39	54
2008 Jan 30-Feb 2	29	36	35	40	51
2008 Jan 10-13	28	38	34	39	52
2008 Jan 4-6	30	35	34	39	51
2007 Dec 14-16	27	39	33	38	52
2007 Dec 6-9	30	36	32	41	44
2007 Nov 30-Dec 2	28	41	31	42	48
2007 Nov 11-14	27	38	33	35	49
2007 Nov 2-4	25	41	34	38	54
2007 Oct 12-14	24	43	31	39	52
2007 Oct 4-7	28	38	32	40	48
2007 Sep 14-16	28	38	33	39	54
2007 Sep 7-8	26	41	32	38	52
2007 Aug 13-16	28	40	30	41	47
2007 Aug 3-5	27	43	30	40	48
2007 Jul 12-15	29	37	32	40	49
2007 Jul 6-8	25	43	31	37	53
2007 Jun 11-14	27	38	34	37	53
2007 Jun 1-3	31	36	31	42	48
2007 May 10-13	27	38	34	39	52
2007 May 4-6	27	40	33	41	49
2007 Apr 13-15	29	36	34	42	52
2007 Apr 2-5	30	36	34	42	49
2007 Mar 23-25	29	36	33	41	51
2007 Mar 11-14	31	35	32	41	48
2007 Mar 2-4	27	37	35	39	52
2007 Feb 9-11	26	41	32	40	52
2007 Feb 1-4	26	37	35	37	54
2007 Jan 15-18	30	32	36	38	52
2007 Jan 12-14	28	40	32	41	53
2007 Jan 5-7	27	42	31	40	53
2006 Dec 11-14	30	34	35	40	53
2006 Dec 8-10	29	36	34	40	50
2006 Nov 9-12	24	40	35	34	56
2006 Nov 2-5	31	32	34	39	49
2006 Oct 20-22	29	34	35	39	54
2006 Oct 9-12	28	35	34	38	48
2006 Oct 6-8	29	31	38	37	56
2006 Sep 15-17	31	34	34	42	50
2006 Sep 7-10	30	33	35	40	51
2006 Aug 18-20	33	32	34	43	48
2006 Aug 7-10	31	31	36	39	51
2006 Jul 28-30	32	29	38	40	52
2006 Jul 21-23	29	37	33	39	49
2006 Jul 6-9	31	33	34	40	49
2006 Jun 23-26	26	36	37	38	55
2006 Jun 9-11	35	27	37	42	50
2006 Jun 1-4	30	35	34	43	50
2006 May 12-13	30	36	34	39	48
2006 May 8-11	29	35	34	40	48
2006 May 5-7	29	37	32	38	49
2006 Apr 28-30	30	35	34	40	54
2006 Apr 10-13	31	33	35	39	50
2006 Apr 7-9	31	33	35	41	53
2006 Mar 13-16	28	36	33	38	48
2006 Mar 10-12	32	33	34	41	52
2006 Feb 28-Mar 1	32	31	35	41	50
2006 Feb 9-12	30	39	31	42	49
2006 Feb 6-9	33	34	30	44	45
2006 Jan 20-22	32	32	34	42	51
2006 Jan 9-12	34	34	31	44	46
2006 Jan 6-8	34	33	32	45	48
2005 Dec 19-22	29	36	32	39	47
2005 Dec 16-18	31	36	32	43	48
2005 Dec 9-11	30	38	31	43	48
2005 Dec 5-8	36	31	31	44	46
2005 Nov 17-20	33	30	34	41	48
2005 Nov 11-13	31	34	34	41	52
2005 Nov 7-10	32	33	33	44	46
2005 Oct 28-30	32	37	30	42	47
2005 Oct 24-26	33	30	35	41	50
2005 Oct 21-23	34	33	33	45	49
2005 Oct 13-16	30	33	36	39	52
2005 Sep 26-28	32	34	33	43	47
2005 Sep 16-18	30	33	36	38	53
2005 Sep 12-15	30	37	31	44	48
2005 Sep 8-11	33	34	32	44	47
2005 Aug 28-30	32	32	35	42	50
2005 Aug 22-25	29	34	35	38	50
2005 Aug 8-11	33	30	35	44	45
2005 Aug 5-7	33	35	31	44	46
2005 Jul 25-28	28	37	33	39	51
2005 Jul 22-24	32	31	36	43	49
2005 Jul 7-10	30	33	35	41	50
2005 Jun 29-30	29	31	38	37	51
2005 Jun 24-26	33	32	34	42	49
2005 Jun 16-19	33	31	34	43	47
2005 Jun 6-8	33	34	31	45	45
2005 May 23-26	33	34	31	43	43
2005 May 20-22	29	33	36	40	51
2005 May 2-5	35	30	34	45	48
2005 Apr 29-May 1	34	34	31	44	47
2005 Apr 18-21	35	29	35	43	49
2005 Apr 1-2	35	33	31	46	46
2005 Mar 21-23	32	29	37	42	50
2005 Mar 18-20	35	31	32	48	43
2005 Mar 7-10	35	31	32	46	46
2005 Feb 25-27	38	27	34	48	45
2005 Feb 21-24	37	31	29	46	43
2005 Feb 7-10	34	30	35	44	50
2005 Feb 4-6	37	35	28	52	41
2005 Jan 14-16	33	36	30	45	46
2005 Jan 7-9	35	29	36	43	49
2005 Jan 3-5	37	27	35	45	48
2004 Dec 17-19	33	30	35	45	48
2004 Dec 5-8	37	29	32	48	45
2004 Nov 19-21	38	31	30	50	43
2004 Nov 7-10	38	27	35	48	48
2004 Oct 29-31	34	27	37	44	49
2004 Oct 22-24	35	29	36	46	49
2004 Oct 14-16	38	29	33	50	46
2004 Oct 11-14	33	32	35	46	48
2004 Oct 9-10	35	30	34	46	48
2004 Oct 1-3	36	27	37	45	49
2004 Sep 24-26	39	28	31	50	44
2004 Sep 13-15	37	29	33	47	47
2004 Sep 3-5	37	29	34	49	46
2004 Aug 23-25	35	32	32	46	46
2004 Aug 9-11	36	29	34	47	47
2004 Jul 30-Aug 1	35	28	36	46	49
2004 Jul 19-21	37	28	34	46	47
2004 Jul 8-11	35	27	36	43	49
2004 Jun 21-23	32	33	34	43	50
2004 Jun 3-6	33	31	35	43	49
2004 May 21-23	33	31	34	42	49
2004 May 7-9	32	32	33	42	50
2004 May 2-4	32	31	36	44	50
2004 Apr 16-18	32	32	34	44	48
2004 Apr 5-8	34	30	34	44	48
2004 Mar 26-28	36	30	32	46	45
2004 Mar 8-11	31	35	33	42	49
2004 Mar 5-7	33	31	35	44	50
2004 Feb 16-17	30	39	31	43	50
2004 Feb 9-12	32	35	32	45	48
2004 Feb 6-8	33	36	30	46	47
2004 Jan 29-Feb 1	31	35	33	44	51
2004 Jan 12-15	32	33	34	43	49
2004 Jan 9-11	33	35	31	45	46
2004 Jan 2-5	32	40	28	48	46