Progress?

[unixronin]

In April, the number of adults not affiliated with either major party increased by 1.6 percentage points, while the number identifying themselves as Republicans decreased 1.3 percentage points.  This marks the lowest level for Republicans since July 2008.  The number of Democrats remained relatively constant, compared to last month.

Following the historic health care reform debate, the percentage of adults identifying themselves as Democrats is now at 36.0% and the number of Republicans at 31.6%, while 32.5% say they are not affiliated with either major party.

So there are now more unaffiliated voters than Republicans. When the number of unaffiliated voters passes the number of Democrat voters as well, maybe we can start breaking out of this two-party death spiral.

Unfortunately there's no indication as yet that this is a long-term trend.  It's still in the noise.

Comments

[randwolf.livejournal.com]

There's also no indication that these people are actually going to vote. :-(

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

True that.

BTW, seen the latest lunacies out of the UN?