Gallup confirms Kansas’ deepening redness

Going on offense after SurveyUSA polling showed the governor with a lower approval rating than President Obama in the state, the Kansas Republican Party tweeted “now here’s a real survey” about a new Gallup poll showing Kansas as the fifth-most-Republican state (after Utah, Wyoming, Idaho and Alaska). Gallup also noted that Democrats have lost their solid political party affiliation advantage in 18 states since 2008. As recently as 2009, Kansas was among the “competitive” states, in which the leading party has no more than a 5 percentage point advantage.