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hardly ~ Dems die at a slightly higher rate than Reps ~ been that way since the party was founded.

Let's say 4 million Reps die (or become so disabled they can no longer vote), and 4.5 million Dems die.

That gives us a 1/2 million advantage over a 4 year period. This is probably one of the motives that keep the Democrats constantly focused on voter registration.

Over an 8 year period that'd be 1.0 million fewer Dems than Reps.

In 2007/2008 the Dems made the greatest voter registration advance in their history ~ and there are Dem professionals who've said they felt like they'd pushed the limits of possible Dem registration. In the end they got 69,000,000 votes ~ the record of any party!

By 2012, after 4 years Obama lost 4 million votes ~ which is just a few less than 4.5 million who should have died. That meant they got an additional 1/2 million new voters!

In contrast, Republicans lost their usual 4 million but they got an additional 5.0 million voters simply through additional registrations.

Now that's not going to push us over the top but that's 10 times as many new voters as the Dems got!

We really need to redouble our efforts, and do that now ~ get the new Republicans in the habit of voting for Republican candidates. Best way to do that is give them candidates who are Republicans. After all, Republicans, like Democrats, when given a choice between the real deal and a fake candidate, always chose the real candidate.

Jefferson knew that BTW. So did Harry Truman.