Nearly 140,000 voters left GOP in 25 states in January
Nearly 140,000 voters left the Republican Party in 25 states in January, according to an analysis of public voting records obtained by The Hill. Some of the steepest drops in Republican Party affiliation were seen in California, where more than 33,000 registered voters left the GOP; Pennsylvania, where more than 12,000 voters defected; and Arizona, where more than 10,000 Republicans changed their voter registration. And while California has morphed into a reliably blue state, Pennsylvania and Arizona are key battlegrounds where Republicans need support.
The defections build off of figures reported earlier in January by The Hill, which also showed significantly more Republicans leaving their party than Democrats. Last month’s figures underscored the accelerating shift in the suburbs, which had leaned conservative but experienced a shift to the left during the Trump administration. High-profile defectors said they could not remain in a party that had stuck so closely to Trump, who used controversial language and strayed from Republican orthodoxy on subjects like free trade.
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n Arizona, 10,174 Republicans have changed their party registration since the attack as the state party has shifted ever further to the right, as reflected by its decision to censure three Republicans — Gov. Doug Ducey, former Senator Jeff Flake and Cindy McCain — for various acts deemed disloyal to Mr. Trump. The party continues to raise questions about the 2020 election, and last week Republicans in the State Legislature
backed arresting elections officials from Maricopa County for refusing to comply with wide-ranging subpoenas for election equipment and materials.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-...40000-voters-left-gop-in-25-states-in-january
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/10/us/politics/republicans-leaving-party.html