Then a week later the Gallup Poll showed a more dramatic shift nationally: a 9-point Democratic advantage in party identification at the start of 2021 flipped to a 5-point Republican advantage by last month.
Something is going on. Party identification, while generally relatively stable, is more of an attitude than an attribute, like age or ethnicity. Here in Washington, where we don’t register by party, the proportion of voters identifying with each party varies from month to month. As such, it is seen as a kind of political baseline, like a golf handicap.
The change is reflected in President Joe Biden’s sagging approval rating nationally and Gov. Jay Inslee’s lowest-ever
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