Thousands of Republicans leaving the party. How will this effect 2022 elections?

[NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN]

Multiple states reporting thousands Republicans leaving the party.  How will this effect 2022 elections?

Philadelphia Inquirer  02/22/21

Almost 19,000 Pennsylvania voters have left the Republican Party since the Capitol attack

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...watching Pennsylvania congressmen vote to throw out their own state’s election results is what soured her on the GOP.

About 19,000 Pennsylvanians have left the Republican Party since Jan 6. That’s a drop in the bucket for a state with more than 8.8 million registered voters, and almost 3.5 million Republicans. But it’s also an unusually high rate of defections: Almost two-thirds of the voters who have switched parties this year left the GOP, compared with a third or less typically.

And there are signs of a broader political shift underway. These are often longtime party loyalists, highly engaged voters who cast Republican primary ballots in low-profile, off-year elections, according to an Inquirer analysis of voter registration data. They haven’t changed their political ideologies, they said in interviews. But they’re registering as third-party or independent voters because they believe that their political home, now led by Trump, has changed around them.

That raises the prospect of a Republican primary electorate even friendlier to Trump and Trump-allied candidates — something that could have big implications for the party in competitive races for governor and U.S. Senate next year....

 

 

NY Times  2/10/2021  Registration required

‘There’s Nothing Left’: Why Thousands of Republicans Are Leaving the Party

Voting registration data indicates a stronger-than-usual flight from the G.O.P. since the Capitol riot, with an intensely fluid period in American politics now underway.

 

Chicago Times 1/12/21 Registration required

After Capitol riots, Republican voters drop party registration ..

 

NPR  2/01/2021

Registered Republicans Ditch Party After Capitol Riot : NPR.

...4,600 fewer Republicans after the riot

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In the week from Jan. 6 through Jan. 12, about 4,600 Republicans changed their party status in Colorado, according to a CPR News analysis. There was no comparable effect with any other party....

 

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TRUMPS SENDS CEASE-AND-DESIST TO RNC, NRCC AND NRSC. Lawyers for former President DONALD TRUMP sent out cease-and-desist letters Friday to the three largest fundraising entities for the Republican Party — the RNC, NRCC and NRSC — for using his name and likeness on fundraising emails and merchandise, a Trump adviser tells Playbook.

We reported yesterday that Trump was furious that his name has been bandied about by organizations that help Republicans who voted to impeach him — without his permission. Trump, who made his fortune in licensing, has always been sensitive to how his name has been used to fundraise and support members, even while in office.

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POLITICO Playbook: Scoop: Trump sends legal notice to GOP to stop using his name

[toomuchbaloney]

Trump is so predictably narcissistic.  He wants to be the face of the party but he wants all of the fund raising to benefit him alone, not the party.  

[NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN]

"Stop using my great name..."

 

[VivaLasViejas, ASN, RN]

I am, have been, and will remain a Republican. However, I held my nose and voted for Biden in November because Donald Trump does not represent me or my way of thinking. He’s not a conservative, he’s not really even a Republican...what he is, is a narcissistic, crude, loud, sloppy, lying sack of crap whose cruelty knows no bounds. And that’s all I have to say about that.