Poll: Independents Outnumber Dead-Enders of the Democratic, Republican Parties

From Gallup:

In 2010, 31% of Americans identified as Democrats, down five percentage points from just two years ago and tied for the lowest annual average Gallup has measured in the last 22 years. While Democrats still outnumber Republicans [29%] by two points, the percentage identifying as independents increased to 38%, on the high end of what Gallup has measured in the last two decades.  [Emphasis added.] . . .

These results are based on aggregated data from 21 separate Gallup and USA Today/Gallup polls conducted in 2010, encompassing more than 25,000 interviews with U.S. adults. . . . the major movement in American politics since 2008 seems to be away from the Democratic Party and toward independent political status, rather than alignment with the GOP. . . .