The number of Americans identifying as Republican is the lowest it has been in a decade: Gallup poll

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The number of Americans identifying as Republican is the lowest it has been in a decade: Gallup poll

Last Updated: April 7, 2021 at 2:06 p.m. ET First Published: April 7, 2021 at 12:15 p.m. ET

By Nicole Lyn Pesce

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-number-of-americans-identifying-as-republican-is-the-lowest-its-been-in-a-decade-gallup-poll-11617812129?mod=mw_latestnews

Polling data shows Republican party affiliation is down as independents leaning toward the Democratic party surge

Democrats have a nine-percentage-point affiliation advantage over Republicans at the moment. 

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The GOP is losing its grip, according to the latest Gallup poll. 

The number of Americans identifying as Republicans or as independents who lean toward the GOP dropped to 40% in the first quarter of 2021, compared with the number of Democrats or independents leaning toward the Democratic party hitting 49%. And that nine-percentage-point lead is the greatest Democratic advantage that Gallup has measured since the fourth quarter of 2012, when former President Barack Obama was re-elected. 

Gallup routinely measures U.S. adults’ party identification and the political leanings of independents. The latest poll surveyed a random sample of 3,960 U.S. adults by phone between January and March of 2021. And while Democratic Party affiliation actually dropped by one point from the fourth quarter of 2020, to 30% — where it has hovered for most of the past eight years — the number of Americans identifying as independent rose to 44% from 38% last quarter. And this growing number of independents came at the expense of the Republican party, as 19% of independents said they lean Democrat, compared with 15% leaning Republican. Most of the remaining 11% of independents didn’t swing either way. 

And several events have happened during those three months that could position the Democratic Party more favorably in voters’ eyes, the Gallup report noted. 

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[SWBTATTReg]

1. Ah! Only trump can do this, he's lost the House, lost the Senate, lost the Executive Branch, and ..

single-handedly reduced republican party membership numbers. Wow. What a major accomplishment!! The republicans should be proud of themselves.

[Moostache]

2. And yet...50-50 Senate and razor thin House...

Not to mention the chicanery at SCOTUS.

Our entire government seizes up like an un-oiled engine constantly and one side is openly hostile to voting rights.

I'm not feeling too revelatory at the moment, despite the number of republicans trying to bury their uniforms and lie about affiliations.