No News Is No News

Here's the headline: "Conservatives Now Outnumber Liberals in All 50 States, Says Gallup Poll"

Is this news? Self-identified conservatives regularly outnumber self-identified liberals (with a bunch of moderates in the middle). The only states where it's close are Massachusetts, Vermont and Hawaii.

If you read the article, you find out 40% of Americans say they're conservative, whereas during the low point in the Bush era, 37% said so. Once again--this is news?

The trend tells you something, perhaps, but the reason it doesn't mean too much in general is that many conservatives vote Democrat, and many Democrats run on conservative themes. If you want to follow any numbers, I'd suggest self-identified Republicans and Democrats.