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Gothmog

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Sun Feb 7, 2021, 06:53 PM Feb 2021

GOP registration drop after Capitol attack is part of larger trend

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The insurrection has affected voter registration by members of the GOP. A good number of former republicans have left the party. These defections are on top of some long term demographic trends https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/meet-the-press/gop-registration-drop-after-capitol-attack-part-larger-trend-n1256966

WASHINGTON — In the weeks since the January riot at the Capitol, there has been a raft of stories about voters across the country leaving the Republican Party. Some of the numbers are eye-catching and suggest that the GOP may be shrinking before our eyes, but a closer look at the numbers over time shows that a larger change has been working its way through the party for some time.

In fact, when one takes into account shifts in the composition of the Democratic Party, the real story seems to be more about a deeper remaking of the nation’s two major political parties.

To be sure, the headlines from the last few weeks have been striking, with multiple states reporting large declines in Republican voter registrations.

....We took merges of our poll data from 2010 and 2020 to look at the profiles of the two major parties over that time and we found big shifts in education, profession and gender. Let's start with education.

....And beyond education and occupation, the parties have seen some sharp shifts in gender.

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GOP registration drop after Capitol attack is part of larger trend (Original Post) Gothmog Feb 2021 OP
So uneducated white guys? efhmc Feb 2021 #1
Hopefully people are finally realizing this is not Eisenhower's GOP. n/t RKP5637 Feb 2021 #2
After a review by forum hosts....LOCKING Omaha Steve Feb 2021 #3

efhmc

(14,709 posts)
1. So uneducated white guys?
Sun Feb 7, 2021, 06:58 PM
Feb 2021

RKP5637

(67,030 posts)
2. Hopefully people are finally realizing this is not Eisenhower's GOP. n/t
Sun Feb 7, 2021, 07:06 PM
Feb 2021

Omaha Steve

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3. After a review by forum hosts....LOCKING
Sun Feb 7, 2021, 09:36 PM
Feb 2021

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