Insurrexit: GOP has a #WalkAway problem?

[UNCjigga]

Whoopsie!

Ok, I think the article is making a bigger deal of this than it really is—and it’s also possible that some right-leaning folks fear being “targeted” by a Biden Administration and aren’t really changing their views or their votes. But, even if it’s just a drop in the bucket, it could be a bigger trend as we get closer to the next round of elections.

Does the GOP really want to stay in Trump’s good graces at the Rush of alienating voters? Or, do actual voters no longer matter to the GOP??

Tens of thousands of voters drop Republican affiliation after Capitol riot

More than 30,000 voters who had been registered members of the Republican Party have changed their voter registration in the weeks after a mob of pro-Trump supporters attacked the Capitol — an issu…

thehill.com

More than 30,000 voters who had been registered members of the Republican Party have changed their voter registration in the weeks after a mob of pro-Trump supporters attacked the Capitol — an issue that led the House to impeach the former president for inciting the violence.

The massive wave of defections is a virtually unprecedented exodus that could spell trouble for a party that is trying to find its way after losing the presidential race and the Senate majority.

 

[Pohemi]

Let's hope it continues, as more voters with a conscience take note of the continued fuckery and stonewalling by prominent members of the GOP.

 

[ivwshane]

I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again; the Republican Party is Donald trump. Trump represents the republicans party perfectly because they are just like him. Why this is news to anyone is what we should really be asking because apparently people still don’t get it.

 

[Grey_Beard]

There needs to be more than this initial round of 30,000 to make difference. I fell that, unfortunately, they added 15,000,000 bat shit crazy qanon folks to the roles. As long as they elect folks like Hawley, Cruz, Tuberville, Taylor-Green, Boebert, just to name a few, they will continue to be the RR (radical right) party. I think RR rolls much better off the tongue that radical left, radical democrats or socialist agenda. Could even add fascists to this and make it RRF or FRR.

 

[kage69]

I'll believe it when people like Paul and Cruz aren't in office anymore.

 

[theeedude]

You mean people don't want to be in same party as Boebert, Greene, and Hawley? Could have knocked me over with a feather.

 

[darkswordsman17]

Its ok OP, they'll just become "Libertarians". Its the get out paradox card for right wingers, where they get to pretend that they really do care the most about freedom while still voting for fascists.

 

[woolfe9998]

If you add a zero to that number it would just barely be enough to raise an eyebrow. I wonder how many people change party affiliations in any given two week period of time.

 

[Juiblex]

Hopefully it leads to a 3rd party option. Both Rep + Dem are retarded IMO.

 

[gothuevos]

You mean people don't want to be in same party as Boebert, Greene, and Hawley? Could have knocked me over with a feather.

Except these types of candidates continue to get voted in, in large margins. So clearly not enough people are leaving to make a difference.

 

[Grey_Beard]

Hopefully it leads to a 3rd party option. Both Rep + Dem are retarded IMO.

Thanks for BothSides comment. Unless you are not paying attention, one side is really much different than the other. Try finding out and take a position. You might actually get some respect for yourself.

Sorry but a turd-party will not do anything. Find out how to get the best of the options before you muddy things up with a turd ruining any chance for actual change.

 

[darkswordsman17]

Its ok OP, they'll just become "Libertarians". Its the get out paradox card for right wingers, where they get to pretend that they really do care the most about freedom while still voting for fascists.

Ahem...

Hopefully it leads to a 3rd party option. Both Rep + Dem are retarded IMO.

 

[MrSquished]

There needs to be more than this initial round of 30,000 to make difference. I fell that, unfortunately, they added 15,000,000 bat shit crazy qanon folks to the roles. As long as they elect folks like Hawley, Cruz, Tuberville, Taylor-Green, Boebert, just to name a few, they will continue to be the RR (radical right) party. I think RR rolls much better off the tongue that radical left, radical democrats or socialist agenda. Could even add fascists to this and make it RRF or FRR.

Agreed. On the other hand how many people would actually go out and change their party affiliation immediately? Most discontent folks would probably not make that extra effort, but would vote differently next election.

 

[UNCjigga]

Agreed. On the other hand how many people would actually go out and change their party affiliation immediately? Most discontent folks would probably not make that extra effort, but would vote differently next election.

As the article makes clear, only a handful of states even share that data this early. So we have a few data points, but likely won’t know the real picture for many months (and people have plenty of time to change their minds/registrations again before the next federal elections.)