[The Pack Knight]

Party registration is fairly meaningless. Republicans in some Democrat-dominated cities, like D.C. or NYC, register as Democrats so they can vote in Democrat primaries. Also, some states, like Texas, have no party registration.

The Gallup party-identification survey showed self-identified Republicans outnumbering Democrats recently. Independents have often outnumbered both parties.

[Dave W]

Perhaps in the South, is registration meaningless, but it still is symbolic of where sympathies lie.

You state registration is meaningless in DC: 95% of the vote is for the democrats in that city and the city is less than 50% black. In NYC, the dems take 80% or more of the vote, so in these two cities, registration by party is significantly meaningful.

[max americana]

Im not a registered republican and never was. Obviously im not a dummycrap either.