Ha!

The enthusiasm gap is back for 2012…but now it’s working to the Democrats’ advantage.  PPP’s last national poll, conducted on behalf of Daily Kos and SEIU, finds that 57% of Democrats are ‘very excited’ about voting this fall compared to only 46% of Republicans. We’ve found Democrats more excited about voting than Republicans on every poll we’ve done this year, but that’s the widest gap yet. Here’s how the numbers break down:

Date	% of Dems Very Excited	% of Republicans Very Excited	Gap
3/26	57	46	D +11
3/12	62	57	D +5
2/27	60	52	D +8
2/13	57	51	D +6
1/30	58	54	D +4
1/16	54	51	D +3

The enthusiasm gap between Democrats and Republicans has gotten progressively wider in 4 of the last 5 poll where we’ve asked about it this year. It seems that the longer the GOP nomination process drags on the wider that gap gets.