Potentially Good News .... or .....

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

... 'just one poll'?

GOP Voters Shed Party Colors Following Capitol Attack, Coronavirus Chaos

The gap between the number of voters identifying as Democrats versus Republicans has grown to its highest level since 2012.

www.newsweek.com

"Gallup found that an average of 49 percent of respondents aligned themselves with the Democratic Party or defined as independents who lean towards the party. Meanwhile, 40 percent of respondents identified as Republican or Republican-leaning. The nine point gap represents the largest gulf since the end of 2012 after President Barack Obama's second electoral victory.

Gallup said recent years have seen a Democratic advantage of somewhere between four and six percentage points, meaning more Republicans are disavowing the party in the aftermath of Trump's electoral loss, his doomed efforts to retain power, and the storming of the Capitol by his supporters on January 6."


"Overall, 30 percent of respondents said they were Democrats, versus 25 percent Republican. Another 19 said they were Democratic-leaning, with 15 percent Republican-leaning."

 

[dank69]

I'll believe it when it holds true on election day. Lots of people lie to themselves until they are faced with physically voting for baby-eating Democrats.

 

[hal2kilo]

Waits for another Svengali to prey on this clueless demographic profile.

 

[nickqt]

Whichever Republican runs for President in 2024 will get no less than 45% of the popular vote, and will have a very good shot at winning the Electoral College.

It's the same way that after George W. Bush set the middle east on fire from 2001-2009 that "Tea Party Patriots" and "Constitutional Conservatives" and "Independents" all gave anyone calling them a Republican voter the stink eye. Sure, they voted for Bush twice...but they'd mumble about how Bush was really a Democrat. And sure, they ended up voting for McCain, and Rmoney, and Trump twice...but they aren't "Republicans". They're "Independents".

Believing that all these "Republican-leaning" voters aren't raging right-wing authoritarians would be like believing the grifters in charge of The Lincoln Project gave a shit about anything other than money and power. A hilarious delusion.