That, however, has come at the expense of support among women, the college-educated, nonwhites, independents, the young, etc. And that dichotomy will increasingly put him at risk for a simple reason: The GOP isn’t what it once was. Gallup reports:Significantly more U.S. adults continued to identify as political independents (42%) in 2018 than as either Democrats (30%) or Republicans (26%). “Eighty percent of Republicans” may sound good, but if the GOP is only 26 percent of the electorate, that gives Trump just under 21 percent of the entire pie. Democrats cannot afford to sit on their hands after successful outreach to irregular voters (Hispanics, young voters) in 2018.

Source: Washington Post January 07, 2019 19:05 UTC