As early as 1992—the cycle in which Bill Clinton and his cohort of “third way” economic strategists shook off the alleged stigmas of the Democrats’ “anti-business” image—polled majorities began to identify the Democrats as the party of the rich. By the last presidential cycle, the evidence unambiguously supported that view: A 2009 USA Today analysis of Census data found that Democratic lawmakers represented 57 percent of households earning $200,000 or more in annual income; in 2005, the GOP had represented 55 percent of that income demographic.