Shocking graphic, to me..."Trump Owns a Shrinking Republican Base" - Brookings Institute

[Fred Sanders]

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The ten year rise of Independents and the plunge of Republicsn, lesser Democratics, is surprising, to me....Are the pollsters polling Independents, who now are the Majority Party, in the correct proportions today?

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2018/06/14/trump-owns-a-shrinking-republican-party/

[lagomorph777]

1. Looks like my demographic needs to die off faster, to save the country from the GOP.

Or maybe old white male dogs like me need to learn some new tricks.

[Fred Sanders]

3. Funny graphic because if 25 are R, 30 D and 45 I...how the fuck do R's have power??

[lagomorph777]

4. A large chunk of the 45 "I" are actually RWNJs.

The GOP aren't evil enough for them.

[Yavin4]

2. "Independents" are a politically unreliable group

They're not truly independent. A lot of them have very defined political views but don't support the party because it doesn't go far enough in their minds.

[Pope George Ringo II]

7. Absolutely

Jill Stein voters count as "independents" in this graphic. So do quite a few of the "tear it all down" bomb-throwers who support Trump and loathed McCain.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

8. Similarly, a lot of self-identified Independents

reliably vote Democratic.

[smirkymonkey]

5. K&R

[DemocratSinceBirth]

6. When you factor in Trump's 90% approval rating among Republicans...

When you factor in Trump's 90% approval rating among Republicans you can infer that a lot of Republicans left the party. He has a bigger share of a smaller base.