SavannahMann
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/-----/ The trend is showing more Republicans/Leaning and a decline in democRATs/ leaning democRAT. Just to be fair of course. Libs are all about fairness.
View attachment 800767Political party identification U.S. 2023 | Statista
In the last few years, the Democratic Party has pulled ahead of the Republican party in terms of party identification.www.statista.com
And Repubs and Dems are equally spilt.
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The election results say. No so much. Even if you claim the election of 2020 was stolen. Georgia, Pennsylvania, and others all rejected Republicans for the Senate. High Profile Republicans either barely won, or flatly lost. Even Boebert who is a R plus district barely squeezed out a victory.
Additionally those Republicans tend to segregate themselves in certain areas. This makes the other states more likely to go swing, such as Georgia.
The biggest problem though is Republicans themselves. In pursuit of the extreme they have alienated the people who they need to vote for them.
The majority of people support issues and the Republicans have embraced the extreme in every issue. A position not supported by the majority.
Take Abortion from your own linked site.
Abortion support by party and level of legalization U.S. 2024 | Statista
It is perhaps no surprise that adults in the United States who identify as Democrats are far more likely to favor the legalization of abortion, with 42 percent of Democrats surveyed in 2024 supporting the legalization of abortion under any circumstance.
www.statista.com
A vast majority support a woman’s right to Abortion.
Same Sex Marriage.
U.S.: support for same-sex marriage by party 2023 | Statista
The support for same-sex marriage in the United States increased overall between 2016 and 2023.
www.statista.com
Do you really think that pandering to the extremists on Gay Rights will mean Republican victory at the polls?
A Billionaire’s Tax is supported by the vast majority.
U.S. billionaires: public opinion on wealth tax by party 2020 | Statista
In a survey conducted in early 2020, 85 percent of adults in the United States who identify with the Democratic Party believed that billionaires should be targeted and have to pay a wealth tax as part of the solution to wealth inequality.
www.statista.com
So how do you think the Republican argument to cut taxes on the rich will sell?
Again all of this is from the site you linked to. If you are going to wave it as proof of your assertion you have to accept all of it don’t you?
Finally. The original poll was in a single state. Your site was national averages, not the single state.
Wisconsin just had an election regarding the new Supreme Court Justice, and elected a hard left Liberal.
With abortion rights in the balance, Wisconsin elects liberal to Supreme Court
Wisconsin voters on Tuesday elected liberal Janet Protasiewicz to the state Supreme Court, flipping control to a liberal majority ahead of rulings on an abortion ban and other matters that could play a role in the 2024 presidential election.
www.reuters.com
I don’t see how or where your half the people identify as Republicans argument flies. It appears as though the pollsters took the actual election numbers and exit polls to create the rough average of Wisconsin. A single state.
But if you are right, then a bunch of Republicans abandoned the party to elect Democrats and Liberals based upon issues. In that case I’m not sure where they really fall on that scale, are you?