No-Party People

From Rasmussen Reports:

During January, the number of Americans who say they are not affiliated with either the Republican or the Democratic Party rose by a full percentage point to 26.6%.

The number of Americans who consider themselves to be Democrats dropped from 41.6% in December to 40.9% in January. Still, the number of Democrats topped the 40% mark for the fourth straight month and the ninth time in the last twelve months. Prior to the past twelve months, neither party was able to claim allegiance from more than 40% of Americans in any monthly polling dating back to November 2002.

The number of Republicans slipped two-tenths of a point in January to 32.8% in November to 32.6% in December. That’s the lowest number of Republicans in the country since last July.

Rasmussen Reports tracks this information based upon telephone interviews with approximately 15,000 adults per month and has been doing so since November 2002.

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