It seems being identified as a Republican is starting to go down.
Based on a new Gallup poll, it’s become clear that more and more
Americans are backing away from self-identifying as Republican, and
leaning more towards the Independent category. The poll showed that 42
percent of those Americans polled identified as independents, the highest number ever seen by Gallup in the over twenty-five years of asking the question.
On top of that, Republicans only reported in at 25 percent, the
lowest ever, and Democrats remained at 31 percent, the same as in 2012,
2011, and 2010. According to the poll, the increase in independents is
drawing members away from the Republican crowd. In 2004, Republicans
reported in at 34 percent, the highest membership ever, but upon George
W. Bush leaving office Republicans only came in at 28 percent.
I would have to blame Ted Cruz and the government shutdown nonsense. Defaulting on the US debt and destroying the economy has certainly made me distance myself from the Tea Party and other crazy people like Cruz.
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