[cross-posted at NPR Check]

(updated with some interesting numbers about Republicans)

Sometimes I really wonder about the Academe...This study seemed shockingly mundane in its conclusions, but a couple of points are worth talking about.

The survey results from demonstrations in 2004 and 2005 showed that “40% of activists within the antiwar movement describe themselves as Democrats, 39% identify as independents (i.e. they list no party affiliation), 20% claim membership in a third party, and only 2% belong to the Republican party.”

I'm visiting family this weekend, so I'm missing it, but in honor of those taking to the streets of DC today, I'd like to repost this entry from a while back that got attention at Kos and elsewhere when first posted.

Say what you want about the ineffectiveness of it all, or the "horror" of people being exposed to Communists and anarchists, but I think that it's a good thing for people to take to the streets. I get tired of people mocking those who get off their asses, since when is that a bad thing? As I've said before, sometimes it's nice just to perceive yourself as part of something larger, even if that something includes folks who don't look and act exactly like you do: