By: Jim Geraghty – nationalreview.com – August 21, 2025

New York Times readers, in their reactions, are inadvertently illustrating why the Democratic Party finds itself in such dire straits.

As Jeff notes, the new analysis by the New York Times indicates that the Democratic Party’s woes may well be understated, instead of overstated. The nut graph is this:

Democrats lost about 2.1 million registered voters between the 2020 and 2024 elections in the 30 states, along with Washington, D.C., that allow people to register with a political party. (In the remaining 20 states, voters do not register with a political party.) Republicans gained 2.4 million.

Now, in polling, you see debates about whether a sample’s proportion of Republicans, Democrats, and independents should line up with recent election results, and whether partisan …

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Source: The Only Thing Wrong with the Democratic Party Is Who They Are | National Review