Letter writer warns editorial writers at R-J that we are in the minority … or are we?

A helpful reader named William sent us a letter Sunday afternoon advising us to change our ways or face extinction. At least that’s what I think he was implying, when he wrote:

“In reading your editorials I feel like I'm watching FOX NEWS. You do realize that only 22% of Americans consider themselves Republican. The demographics are not on your side.”

Actually Rasmussen Reports puts the numbers at 36.8 percent Democrat vs. 33.3 percent Republican.

But we consider our editorial stance as neither Republican nor Democrat, but more libertarian (lower case) leaning and fiscally conservative.

Though we are not basing our philosophy on counting heads, the number of heads appears to be in our favor.

Gallup reported in June that the number of Americans identifying themselves as conservative ticked up a bit, outnumbering self-identified liberals by 2-1.