GOP again holds edge in party affiliation: Survey

[In It to Win It]

The Republican Party maintained its edge over the Democrats in 2024, with more Americans identifying with the GOP than with its rival political party, according to a poll published Thursday.

The Gallup survey shows 46 percent of respondents either consider themselves a Republican or a Republican-leaning independent, while 45 percent say they consider themselves a Democrat or a Democratic-leaning independent.

The latest survey marks the third consecutive year in which the GOP edged out the Democrats.

In 2023, 45 percent of respondents identified as Republican or Republican-leaning, and 43 percent identified as Democrat or Democratic-leaning. In 2022, 45 percent identified with the GOP, while 44 percent identified with the Democrats, the data shows.

Before 2022, Republicans last held a plurality support in 1991 — the first year Gallup conducted the survey — when 48 percent of Americans identified with the GOP and 44 percent identified with the Democrats.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/gop-again-holds-edge-party-141133334.html

[Blue_Tires]

1. No great shock there... Folks love a winner.

Meaningless survey

[no_hypocrisy]

2. Perhaps this is too elementary, but I feel that more people feel better

when someone tells them what to do and what to think as opposed to them being free to choose for themselves. As to the former option, they don't have to take responsibility for mistakes, and no personal responsibility.

The easy way to go through Life . . . . .

[senseandsensibility]

3. Edge indeed

That's a very small difference.

[Johonny]

4. It is sort of sad as the GOP has done nothing

My entire life to really help its supporters. I don't understand Republican voters other than I understand they are profoundly stupid people. The word suckers comes to mind.

[Basso8vb]

5. I'm sure the methodology was sound.