Elliott, I think the Gallup poll dehazes the underlying national soul-searching - Who Are We? And the answer is we are re-evaluating who we are, based on recent and current events.
I wonder it there might not be some kind of reverse Hawthorn effect here: those who know they are being sampled are less likely to record positive responses.
Possibly Republicans who activated in 2016 only because of Trump are reverting to baseline political apathy now that he's off the stage. This is only a sampling error if the apathy lifts in time for the next election.
Elliott, I think the Gallup poll dehazes the underlying national soul-searching - Who Are We? And the answer is we are re-evaluating who we are, based on recent and current events.
I wonder it there might not be some kind of reverse Hawthorn effect here: those who know they are being sampled are less likely to record positive responses.
Possibly Republicans who activated in 2016 only because of Trump are reverting to baseline political apathy now that he's off the stage. This is only a sampling error if the apathy lifts in time for the next election.