In the Long Run, They'll All Be Dead

Pattick Ruffni, who assures me he hasn’t disappeared, sent a link to an ABC News story on party affiliation. Things aren’t looking good for Democrats, and haven’t for 20 years:

A year from the next presidential election, the nation stands at a rare point of political parity: Across 2003 precisely equal numbers of Americans have identified themselves as Democrats, Republicans and independents, a first in 23 years of ABCNEWS polling.

The year’s averages