Pew: More Democrats Now Describe Themselves as Liberal

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A recent Pew Research report reinforces other polling on American political ideology, but it also reveals some interesting twists in public opinion. First, as the 2008 exit polls demonstrated, Republicans’ problems this year had more to do with fewer voters self-identifying with the GOP than a decline in the number of conservatives in the electorate.

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