Reports of the GOP Demise Are Greatly Exaggerated

There’s a lot in this piece about why GOP senators may have voted to save Trump. (I do think folks underestimate the possibility that many senators are fine with him.) Whatever the cause: This is Trump’s party, & he’s the 2024 GOP frontrunner for now https://t.co/32EhIeFnga

— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) February 14, 2021

Lotta talk of many dropping GOP registration. I examined party reg in 3 of the closest 2020 states (AZ, NC & PA) & looked @ party id nationally. Could NOT find a clear trend away from GOP since the election. Any shifts were small & didnt pt in 1 direction https://t.co/UOOdWRObhm

— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) February 14, 2021

Sad face Harry.

CNN:

“(CNN) – Poll of the week: A new Gallup poll finds that party identification of all adults is 25% Democratic, 25% Republican and 50% independent. When independents are pushed to lean toward a party, 50% of respondents were Democrats or leaning Democratic and 41% were Republicans or leaning Republican.

The difference between Democrats and Republicans is not significantly different from Gallup’s polling in the lead up to the 2020 election in which Democrats held a small advantage when including leaners and were tied with Republicans in party affiliation when independents were not pushed. …

Across these three states, we see that if anything, the relative gap between Democrats and Republicans has gone in the direction of Republicans (North Carolina and Pennsylvania) since the election. This fits with what occurred in 2016 as well. Democrats tended to lose ground in registration immediately following the election.

If history holds, Republicans will likely take back the House in 2022 and have a good chance for Senate control as well.

On the state level, Republicans are the ones in the majority at this point. They now control about 60% of the state legislature bodies. Republicans are 27 of the country’s 50 state governors.

The bottom line is that the Republican Party isn’t going away anytime soon. …”

As I said on our most recent podcast, I have been feeling pretty white pilled lately. I’m bullish on “the rise of extremism.”

Donald Trump is gone. It feels like a black cloud has been lifted honestly.

The GOP establishment is demographically crumbling and losing power.

I’m look at this massive shift going on in the polls which is moving in the direction of my brand of politics … both a sharp rise in White ethnocentrism and the sort of redistributionist populist politics that I support.