Check this out, tracking the number of unique monthly visitors (not pageviews or visits):
That big bump around October 2008 is from the election craziness. Yet as swamped as we were with traffic back then, we're crushing our numbers from that time, and regularly setting new records for unique visitors.
This shows that the Daily Kos community remains as engaged as ever, regardless of who holds Congress and the White House. We know that electing Democrats is just the first step on a long path toward reform and change. And that if we leave it up to our elected officials, nothing will ever get done.
So we continue to engage, confounding the know-nothings who predicted that site traffic would plummet at progressive outposts like this one after Obama was elected.
Update: Added poll.