Early June Gallup Poll says 25% consider themselves Republicans, the lowest percent since Jan. 2019.

[pnwmom]

40% say Independent and 31% say Democrats.

So Trump's failures appear to be eroding support for the whole party.

https://news.gallup.com/poll/15370/party-affiliation.aspx

[drray23]

1. In my experience many people who claim to be independent

are actually republicans who dont want to admit they support Trump

[Cosmocat]

9. Y E P

that trend started occurring long before the idiot came down the escalator.

[genxlib]

13. Yes, and in the process they have only made things worse

Because their leaving has ceded the party to more radical elements. So the primary process produces more radical candidates. They may complain about how radical those candidates are but will vote for them anyway.

Democrats have a similar although far less pronounced effect.

This movement towards registered independents appears to be good for democracy on the surface as a means to lessen the power of the two party system. However, it has only served to tribalize the parties while keeping them as the dominant force. Reform of gerrymandering would help because it would provide fewer safe districts that automatically elect the controlling party's candidate even when they are radical

[greyl]

2. It was bound to happen. nt

[elleng]

3. Wonder what an early July poll would say.

[Indykatie]

4. Many Republicans Now Identify as Independents Which is A Joke Mostly

If you vote 90%+ for the same party all the time you're not an Independent. I have an "Independent" friend who has voted for 1 Republican (Dick Lugar) in the past 30 years.

[DFW]

5. Listen to this song's first line

"These days, it's hard to be Republican...."

[pnwmom]

6. LOL, thank you!

[DFW]

7. Glad you liked it.

This was one of the few we did that was written by my brother. He also wrote most of "Dumb Down."

[pnwmom]

8. I listened to the whole thing, not just the first line. And it was great.

Thanks again for sharing!

[DFW]

10. My friends and I do these things when we have time

Since we are spread out over the globe, it is our way of both keeping in touch and maintaining sanity.

You might like some of our others, too:

&t=140s

Just to name a few!

[sunonmars]

11. Which could mean gop support in polls could be way overestimated

The sampling could be way wrong. Trump may be in an even worse position

[pnwmom]

12. Yes, for the pollsters who weight by party membership. Gallup has always

had a policy against that, because their position is that party membership changes over time. They're not going to weight their samples to match whatever happened in the last election.