That major shift to the left that was supposedly heralded by the election of Barack Obama seems to have fizzled in a big way. Self-identified conservatives now hold a 2-to-1 lead over liberals in a new Gallup poll.
Here’s how Gallup tells the liberals’ tale of woe:
The increased conservatism that Gallup first identified among Americans last June persisted throughout the year, so that the final year-end political ideology figures confirm Gallup’s initial reporting: conservatives (40%) outnumbered both moderates (36%) and liberals (21%) across the nation in 2009.
More broadly, the percentage of Americans calling themselves either conservative or liberal has increased over the last decade, while the percentage of moderates has declined.
C’mon, President Obama, you can do it. Keep doing what you’re doing and you can get that conservative number up over 50%.
Source: Gallup.com
