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Republican-turned-Democrat Kurt Bardella can be seen frequently as a political commentator. |
MORE AND MORE people are getting fed up with Donald Trump's actions, policies, tweets and obsession to erase every accomplishment of President Barack Obama, according to a new Gallup Poll.
Long-time Republicans are turning against the man in the White House because of the extreme positions taken by the Trump administration. Some are so upset at what is doing to the U.S. and the Republican Party that they are becoming Democrats.
In an oped published in USA Today, Kurt Bardella, who was once considered a rising star in the GOP, declared that the endorsement of Alabama Senatorial candidatie Roy Moore was the final straw.
The Republicans “would rather elect a sexual predator who preys on underage teenagers at the local mall, than a crime-fighting prosecutor who happens to be a Democrat,” wrote Bardella, a Korean/American adoptee.
“The embrace of Moore by the Republican Party’s top 'leadership' is all the proof you need to know that this is a party that no longer stands for anything,” he wrote. “I believe that the Democratic Party will do more to create equality in America than the Republican Party ever will.
“This is not a party I want to be associated with any longer. This is not a party that is trustworthy enough to protect innocent children from sexual predators,” wrote the Korean adoptee.
The Republicans “would rather elect a sexual predator who preys on underage teenagers at the local mall, than a crime-fighting prosecutor who happens to be a Democrat,” wrote Bardella, a Korean/American adoptee.
“The embrace of Moore by the Republican Party’s top 'leadership' is all the proof you need to know that this is a party that no longer stands for anything,” he wrote. “I believe that the Democratic Party will do more to create equality in America than the Republican Party ever will.
“This is not a party I want to be associated with any longer. This is not a party that is trustworthy enough to protect innocent children from sexual predators,” wrote the Korean adoptee.
For Beth Fukumoto, one of the few Republican representatives in Hawaii's legislature, the decision to turn Democrat last Spring came when she was heavily criticized and ostracized by other Republicans for taking part in the Women's March, the day after Trump's inauguration.
"What ended up being very problematic for me was that my caucus and others said, 'If you want to stay in leadership, then you need to make a commitment to not criticize the president for the remainder of his term,'" the 34-year-old told NBC News at the time. "And with what we've been seeing in the news with the different executive orders coming out every day, I didn't believe I could make that commitment."
Fukumoto has announced her plans to run for Congress to represent District 1 ... as a Democrat in 2018.
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| Hawaii's GOP didn't take kindly to Beth Fukumoto's decision to become a Democrat. |
Thirteen House Republicans have decided not to run for reelction thus far. Some Republican senators who have had enough of Trump have decided not to run for reelection including Senators Bob Corker of Tennessee and Jeff Flake of Arizona.
Flake has even contributed to the campaign of Doug Jones, the Democrat who is running in the Alabama senate race against Roy Moore.
In the year since Trump was elected, the percentage of people who identify as or lean Republican has fallen 5 points from 42 percent of the population to 37 percent, according to the poll comparing November 2016 with November 2017.
The biggest drop of support for Republican numbers was among white women: The percentage identifying with the GOP fell 5 points from 37 percent to just 32 percent over a year, according to an NBC News report.
The Gallup poll, which was released last week also showed the percentage of voters identifying as Democratic has remained at 44 percent. The biggest gain was among voters who consider themselves independents which shows an increase of 4 percent to 14%, compared with 10% t a year ago.
The newest study reinforces earlier polls that Republicans are growing more disenchanted wiht the direction of the GOP.
The number of Republicans with a favorable view of their own party has dropped from 88% to just 66% in the last six months in new CNN polling in September. Three in 10 Republicans (31%) say they have an unfavorable view of the party.
The data gets even worse among Trump supporters: only 56% of them say they have a positive view of the GOP -- down from 76% in March. Overall opinion of the Republican Party among all Americans has slipped to just 29% -- its lowest mark since CNN started asking the question back in 1992.
ASAM NEWS contributed to this report.
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In the year since Trump was elected, the percentage of people who identify as or lean Republican has fallen 5 points from 42 percent of the population to 37 percent, according to the poll comparing November 2016 with November 2017.
The biggest drop of support for Republican numbers was among white women: The percentage identifying with the GOP fell 5 points from 37 percent to just 32 percent over a year, according to an NBC News report.
The Gallup poll, which was released last week also showed the percentage of voters identifying as Democratic has remained at 44 percent. The biggest gain was among voters who consider themselves independents which shows an increase of 4 percent to 14%, compared with 10% t a year ago.
The newest study reinforces earlier polls that Republicans are growing more disenchanted wiht the direction of the GOP.
The number of Republicans with a favorable view of their own party has dropped from 88% to just 66% in the last six months in new CNN polling in September. Three in 10 Republicans (31%) say they have an unfavorable view of the party.
The data gets even worse among Trump supporters: only 56% of them say they have a positive view of the GOP -- down from 76% in March. Overall opinion of the Republican Party among all Americans has slipped to just 29% -- its lowest mark since CNN started asking the question back in 1992.
ASAM NEWS contributed to this report.
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