If Obama is so popular, why is the percentage of Americans identifying as Democrats decreasing?

During July, the number of Americans who consider themselves to be Democrats fell two percentage points to 39.2%. ThatÂ’s the first time since January that the number of Democrats has fallen below 41% (see history from January 2004 to present).

While the number of Democrats declined, there was virtually no change in the number of Republicans. In July, 31.6% said they were Republicans, the fourth straight month that number has been between 31.4% and 31.6%.

The Democrats now have a 7.6 percentage point advantage over the Republicans, down from a 9.5 percentage point advantage in June and 10.1 percentage points in May.

Which means, of course, that the Democrats have lost 25% of their edge in two months, while Republicans have remained firm. At this rate, we could see the partisan advantage drop to as little as 2-3% by Election day.

I wonder -- could this have anything to do with the lack of any serious effort to address the energy issue on the part of the Jackass Party?

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