Republican Party ID drops after Trump election
... From November 2016 to November 2017 there was a 5-point drop in the number of people who call themselves Republicans, from 42 percent to 37 percent, according to Gallup ...
... a 2-point edge for the Democrats in party identification .. has been pushed to 7 points .. in just one year. That’s getting up into the area that may be a concern for Republicans in the 2018 midterms, where a big swing in party allegiance could lead to a swing in House and Senate seats ...
... perhaps just as concerning for the GOP may be how widespread the party defections have been. The numbers have dropped across a wide range of demographic groups — all age groups, different education levels and most racial and ethnic groups ...
... the Gallup data show that since November 2016, there’s been a fairly consistent drop in the number of people who identify as Republican or “lean Republican.” And these are important numbers to keep in mind when you see reports about how high Trump’s job approval is among Republicans ...
https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/trumps-victory-1-year-later/data-republican-party-id-drops-after-trump-election-n828141
As the saner part flees, what's left in the GOP is increasingly wacko: the folk who remember those good old days when it was OK to molest kids or who think lowering taxes on billionaires is a bread-and-butter issue for the middle class.
