He gets his "facts" from the people who told him to buy gold at $2k (of course, they were the ones selling it to him!) I'll get my facts from reading the damn numbers, which show 43D/32R/25 about what would be expected from a random sample. R's don't like to admit they're R now (gee, wonder why?) so more I's actually lean R than D.
NBC/WSJ poll: Shutdown Debate Damages GOP
The Republican Party has been badly damaged in the ongoing government shutdown and debt limit standoff, with a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finding that a majority of Americans blame the GOP for the shutdown, and with the party’s popularity declining to its lowest level.
By a 22-point margin (53 percent to 31 percent), the public blames the Republican Party more for the shutdown than President Barack Obama – a wider margin of blame for the GOP than the party received during the poll during the last shutdown in 1995-96.
from the poll...
Generally speaking, do you think of yourself as a Democrat, a Republican, an independent, or something else? (IF "DEMOCRAT" OR "REPUBLICAN," ASK:) Would you call yourself a strong (Democrat/Republican) or not a very strong (Democrat/Republican)? (IF "NOT SURE," CODE AS "NOT VERY STRONG DEMOCRAT/REPUBLICAN.") (IF "INDEPENDENT," ASK:) Do you think of yourself as closer to the Republican Party, closer to the Democratic Party, or do you think of yourself as strictly independent? (IF "NOT SURE," CODE AS "STRICTLY INDEPENDENT.") Strong Democrat ............................................... 17
Not very strong Democrat .................................. 11
Independent/lean Democrat .............................. 15
Strictly Independent ........................................... 19
Independent/lean Republican ............................ 13
Not very strong Republican ............................... 7
Strong Republican ............................................. 12
Other (VOL) ....................................................... 4
Not sure ........................................................... 2
Not very strong Democrat .................................. 11
Independent/lean Democrat .............................. 15
Strictly Independent ........................................... 19
Independent/lean Republican ............................ 13
Not very strong Republican ............................... 7
Strong Republican ............................................. 12
Other (VOL) ....................................................... 4
Not sure ........................................................... 2
