A Look at GOP Progress in Swing States (Pew Center)

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A Look at GOP Progress in Swing States
The Associated Press

Republicans have made significant gains with the public in a number of key swing states since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, according to a survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press.
Following are the states, current partisan breakdowns, partisan breakdown from 1997-2000, the net change in party identification since Sept. 11 and who won the state in 2000 - Republican George W. Bush or Democrat Al Gore.
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Arkansas: current - GOP, 33 percent; Democrats 34 percent; 1997-2000 - GOP, 21 percent; Democrats 39 percent; GOP +15 percentage points (Bush won)
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Iowa: current - GOP, 34 percent; Democrats 27 percent; 1997-2000 - GOP, 27 percent; Democrats, 32 percent; GOP +12 percentage points (Gore won)
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Michigan: current - GOP, 31 percent; Democrats, 29 percent; 1997-2000 - GOP, 26 percent; Democrats, 33 percent; GOP +9 percentage points (Gore won)<snip>
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http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?ReportID=195
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Released: October 21, 2003

http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?ReportID=196

http://people-press.org/commentary/display.php3?AnalysisID=70