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> and it's especially good for republican voters. This is true, but maybe not for the reasons you think. The number of people who self-identify as "Republican"
by the_gastropod 8y ago
> and it's especially good for republican voters.
This is true, but maybe not for the reasons you think. The number of people who self-identify as "Republican" has shrunk considerably over the past few years. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2018/06/14/trump-owns-a-shrinking-republican-party/ https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2018/06/14/trump-owns-...
- dragonwriter 8y agoRepublican Party ID is up (at the expense of independents; Democratic ID is the same) from when Trump was elected. https://news.gallup.com/poll/15370/party-affiliation.aspx https://news.gallup.com/poll/15370/party-affiliation.aspx
- the_gastropod 8y agoHuh! The Brooking's story actually cites this Gallup data. But it's a little out of date. Looks like Republican ID has sprung back up in the last ~6 months. Touché!
- dragonwriter 8y agoIt's really noisy poll-to-poll; really, I'd be skeptical of anyone claiming that there is much of a meaningful trend based on it. Pew’s series which separately tracks partisans and leaners might be more useful for spotting trends, but they do take seem to have really recent data public in that series.