Nearly a quarter of Americans who voted for President Trump in 2024 believe they are worse off financially since he returned to office last year, according to a new survey. The Financial Times/Focaldata poll, conducted Aug. 7-11, found that 24 percent of 2024 Trump voters believe they are worse off. A slightly smaller share, 23…
Party ID continues to slide universally. The 77/23 GOP split on this issue is from an increasingly marginal group of die-hard partisans. I’m willing to bet that the folks who feel burned are the most likely to drop into the Independent voter bucket over time. But then this person isn’t in the “GOP voter who feels X”, so you stop seeing them in the “GOP voter who doesn’t like these policies” metrics anymore.
It’s pure selection bias. No shit the person who identifies as a Republican will continue to vote Republican.
A more interesting trend is the rising number of unaligned voters
Party ID continues to slide universally. The 77/23 GOP split on this issue is from an increasingly marginal group of die-hard partisans. I’m willing to bet that the folks who feel burned are the most likely to drop into the Independent voter bucket over time. But then this person isn’t in the “GOP voter who feels X”, so you stop seeing them in the “GOP voter who doesn’t like these policies” metrics anymore.