Rock Bottom for the Republican Party?

Fri, 01/30/2009 - 7:58am | posted by Austin Wilkes

Gallup released a massive new series titled “State of the States” in which over 355,000 Americans in every state were interviewed regarding a host of political issues. The first issue which was released on Wednesday took an indepth look at political affilliation. The results were not surprisingly heavily in favor of Democrats, but the extent to which is quite dramatic none-the-less. This data below from Gallup.com shows what percent Americans consider themselves Democrats over Republicans in their given states. It includes individuals who lean towards a party with that party, which presumably helps increase the Democratic advantage in traditionally Republican states-

The data shows that only 7 states are even marginally have more individuals who prefer Republicans over Democrats, and only 5 states that are solid in their support for Republicans. So I would like to ask the question— Is this rock bottom for the Republican Party? If not how much worse can it get?