Democratic gains

via Yahoo!

The number of Americans calling themselves Republican has fallen to its lowest level in more than two-and-a-half years. Just 31.9% of American adults now say they're affiliated with the GOP. That's down from 37.2% in October 2004 and 34.5% at the beginning of 2006. These results come from Rasmussen Reports tracking surveys of 15,000 voters per month and have a margin of sampling error smaller than a percentage point.

The number of Democrats has grown slightly, from 36.1% at the beginning of the year to 37.3% now.

As news like this becomes a weekly trend, one has to wonder what advantage the constituents of the thirteenth congressional district have in returning a weak Rep. Vito Fossella to an even weaker minority party in Congress.