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Article: Poll: Republican Party has made strong gains since 2000 election.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
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- November 5, 2003
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Byline: Steven Thomma
WASHINGTON _ A year before Election Day, the number of people who identify themselves as Republicans is significantly larger than when George W. Bush was elected president, particularly in several pivotal states such as Florida and Michigan that often prove decisive in close contests.
The gains bring the Republicans to national parity with Democrats, at least momentarily ending decades of disadvantage in voters' party identification that started when Franklin Roosevelt built the modern Democratic coalition in the 1930s and that endured with only occasional breaks ever since.
The result is a country split almost evenly ...