The number of people who describe themselves as Republican has slightly declined since the last presidential election.
The polling firm Gallup, which tracks party affiliation monthly, says that those identifying as Republicans has shrunk by two percentage points since 2020. In February 2020, 30 percent of those Gallup polled said they were Republicans, while 29 percent considered themselves Democrats.
As of February 2024, when the latest data is available, 28 percent say they are Republicans, while 30 percent say they are Democrats, showing Republican’s base declining. Newsweek contacted the Republican National Committee (RNC) by email to comment on this story.
I know someone who still calls themselves a Republican but hasn’t voted for a Republican in the general election in decades. They argue that they are still a Republican at heart, but all the republican candidates have been terrible.
They said they were going to vote for McCain, but when he picked palin, they couldn’t vote for that either.
This applies down ballot. They do vote in the GOP primaries, but their preferred candidates almost always lose.