X account: Point I made to a French reporter today: our polling has remained close this last decade but there have been massive changes in the composition of both parties. A ton of lifelong GOPers pre 2016 are now total Dems and the reverse is also true.
X account @jbsdc says that, although polling margins have remained close over the past decade, the composition of supporters of the two U.S. parties has changed significantly, with some 2016 longtime Republican supporters from years ago switching to the Democratic Party, and vice versa.
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Point I made to a French reporter today: our polling has remained close this last decade but there have been massive changes in the composition of both parties.
A ton of lifelong GOPers pre 2016 are now total Dems and the reverse is also true.
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Point I made to a French reporter today: our polling has remained close this last decade but there have been massive changes in the composition of both parties.
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A ton of lifelong GOPers pre 2016 are now total Dems and the reverse is also true.
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Follow-up conditions for this event: whether authoritative polling or election data corroborate changes in the composition of the two parties’ voters.
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Whether authoritative polling or election data corroborate changes in the composition of the two parties’ voters.