Funny... both stories based on a gallup thing, right? You do know that most of these polls are either fabricated (I have never known one person who was ever polled in my 46 years), or are deducted from sampling of an average of 1,000 people (out of over 300 million). Weak, at best.
I know that on one hand I am unique, but there is no possible way I could be so unique that noone else could possibly be anything like me. Therefore I wonder how many are like me in this respect;
I spent 23 years as a registered Democrat. Combining life experiences and observation, I watched and observed various changes in US national policy and behavior over the decades. I became a Republican about 5 years ago. I did not base that decision on how politicians would tell me they were, or what they 'planned' but rather on the history of theirs and their party's behavior. Both sides spout so much propaganda that it is sometimes hard to weed out the truth, but if you sort through only the facts and the proofs of 'cause and effect' (policies implemented), it becomes possible to choose a side. I do wish there was another strong party- boy, do I ever.
Oh, and here's something very important to your question/attempted point; I am a christian, but I rarely go to church... and yet I have become a republican and am strengthening in that course of action and belief.
Obviously- this supposed 'poll' was taken from among mostly hardcore church-goers, with maybe a few others thrown in so they could say it was balanced.
I always wonder who it is that gallup calls to come up with these answers. Both of these articles are pure bull-poopy.
EDIT: Just found the article (http://www.gallup.com/poll/118528/GOP-Losses-Span-Nearly-Demographic-Groups.aspx) and I should mention other items which go against the picture they are trying to paint: I am
1) a college graduate
2) white
3) from the midwest
4) not married
5) near 50 years old
There is no possible way I am the only human being who thinks in a similar manner.