-75% of liberals are Democrats, 17% are Republicans, and 8% are
independents. -55% of moderates are Democrats, 32% are
Republicans, and 13% are independents. The fact that a majority
of moderates in the state identify with the Democratic Party
speaks to the difficulty Republicans have with casting a broad
enough net to reclaim control of state government and, in this
most recent election, even to win federal races in the state.
-61% of conservatives are Republicans, 30% are Democrats, and 9%
are independents. This again speaks to the difficulty of North
Carolina Republicans in assembling a broad enough coalition to
consistently win statewide races- the percentage of
conservatives, who should be the GOP base, that are Democrats is
almost equal to the proportion of moderates who are Republicans.
-There are major differences in ideological identification
between women and men. 44% of women are moderates, same as the
population as a whole. But there are more women- 30% -who call
themselves liberals than there are