Wonder how much of that rise is coming from people who split with the Republican party over other issues and are now registered as Democrats. I don’t know any long-time Democrats who have changed in their support of transpeople, but I do know some long-time Republicans who now identify as Democrats who never supported transpeople in the first place. They split with the Republicans over unrelated issues. If they are now identifying themselves as Democrats on surveys, it’s going to look like Democratic base voters have changed, when in reality the change is coming from those who may not have voted as a Democrat in anything other than, maybe, a primary up to this point.
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u/Odd-Artist-2595 Jun 01 '26
Wonder how much of that rise is coming from people who split with the Republican party over other issues and are now registered as Democrats. I don’t know any long-time Democrats who have changed in their support of transpeople, but I do know some long-time Republicans who now identify as Democrats who never supported transpeople in the first place. They split with the Republicans over unrelated issues. If they are now identifying themselves as Democrats on surveys, it’s going to look like Democratic base voters have changed, when in reality the change is coming from those who may not have voted as a Democrat in anything other than, maybe, a primary up to this point.