GOP identification drops as largest gap in party affiliation since 2012 emerges

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

As Republican Party affiliation slips to its lowest level in nearly a decade, Americans who count themselves as Democrats is spiking, according to a Gallup tracking poll of this year's first quarter.

Gallup found 49% of people identified as either Democrats or independents who lean Democratic in the first quarter, while just 40% identified as Republican or independent leaners toward the GOP.



It's not uncommon for a party to rise in popularity following electoral victories, such as Joe Biden's win last November. Democrats have also seen bigger advantages, most recently toward the end of George W. Bush's presidency from 2006-2009 when the disparity spiked to 53% Democratic, 39% Republican. Republicans are also almost perennially more unpopular than Democrats.

The number of independents and independent leaners have also increased more than a handful of points since last quarter to 44%, up from 38% at the end of 2020. A disproportionate amount of that increase has come from the Republican side, though Gallup notes it is common for major-party affiliation to increase in presidential election years and then decrease in off-year cycles.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/4/7/2024828/-Democrats-up-Republicans-down-Largest-gap-in-party-affiliation-since-2012-emerges

[Phoenix61]

1. The best part is there isn't anything they can do about it.

The demographics of the country are changing. We are browner, less religious, more urban etc. The polar opposite of the GQP.

[TheRealNorth]

4. Sure they can...

They can stop Democrats from voting. This doesn't mean anything unless enough of us are willing to crawl over shards of glass to vote.

[Phoenix61]

5. But they can't actually stop us from voting.

Even if they target specific neighborhoods to make voting difficult young people and non-religious people are mixed in everywhere.

[TheRealNorth]

6. When someone is waiting several hours in line to vote....

And they can't leave the line after the polls close to take a piss, I think otherwise.

[CrispyQ]

2. Kick!

I love this line:

Republicans are also almost perennially more unpopular than Democrats.

[Lunabell]

3. And this is why they have to restrict voting.

They can't win in a fair election.