The general election is exactly one month away, and it’s still a nail-biter if we are to believe the polling. This race is likely to remain a nail-biter, although why is a bit of a mystery, given the many and varied weaknesses of the Democratic ticket; but for many decades now, the hardcore party faithful have been pretty consistent in making up, each, about a third of the electorate. About a third of the voters will vote Democratic if the candidate is a stuffed armadillo, and about a third will vote Republican if the candidate is a dead woodchuck. That’s the political reality we deal with. Interestingly, this ratio has stayed pretty constant, even though the political parties themselves have changed. My Dad described himself as a Truman Democrat, but Harry “The Buck Stops Here” Truman wouldn’t recognize today’s Democratic Party.
The GOP has likewise changed, and in the last eight…
