Conservative Majority, GOP Minority

Conflicting data points:

• 60% of Americans consider themselves conservative (very or somewhat) (poll from last fall)
• Gallup poll - GOP Affiliation tied with Democrats (May poll)
• GOP Party Affiliation falls among wide swath of groups
• Poll: "By a two-to-one margin (60% to 27%), Americans reject free health care for all if it means changing their own coverage and joining a program administered by the government. 70% of those with insurance rate their own coverage as good or excellent. Most adults (53%) believe their coverage would get worse if they had to change to a government-run program. ... Sixty-five percent (65%) of Democrats now believe all Americans should have free health coverage, but 68% of Republicans disagree. Adults not affiliated with either political party oppose free health care for all by a 48% to 36% margin."
• Americans want less Government spending:
  

In addition, 54 percent of voters think the Obama administration is proposing too much of an increase in government spending, while 6 percent say not enough. About a third -- 35 percent -- says the spending is "about right."

A majority of Democrats (61 percent) think the president's proposed spending is about right, while majorities of Republicans (85 percent) and independents (61 percent) think there is too much of an increase.

The flip side of government spending is budget cuts, and the poll finds 6 in 10 think President Obama is not cutting enough waste from government, including 84 percent of Republicans, 66 percent of independents and 38 percent of Democrats