So Gallup asked this topical question about who speaks for the parties. The graphs above plot the responses of Democrats and Republicans. Obviously, the graphs show more uncertainty about who speaks for the GOP than who speaks for the Democrats. But my favorite finding is that partisans of both stripes, when asked about the opposite party, are more likely to name what we could call “bogeymen” (or women). Democrats are more likely than Republicans to name Cheney and Limbaugh as speaking for the GOP. Republicans are more likely than Democrats to name Pelosi as speaking for the Democratic Party.