Pew was one of the pollsters that got the partisan breakdown – or at least the ratio between the two parties — relatively right last time. Their latest poll, then, would appear to be horrific news for Republicans. But will the national electorate on November 4 really be 28.61 percent Republican (361 voters in the Pew sample) 38.83 percent Democrat (490 voters) and 32.57 percent independent (411 voters)?