There's good news and bad news. The bad news is that Republican registration dropped by 140,000 since last year. The good news is that democrats are similarly bleeding voters and dropped 132,000.
The bad news isn't that bad. The parties tend to drop each year after an election year. The good news isn't that good, because Democrats gained 1,049,000 voters in the last election and have only lost 284,000 since then.
Registration will jump this year, just as it has in other Presidential election years. In 1996, 2000, and 2004, it jumped slightly higher for the GOP than the Democrats. Of course in 2008, the Democratic jump was enormous and the GOP's was relatively small.
The Republican Party isn't becoming any more unpopular than the Democrats. A push isn't terrible, because it's not like we're getting parity any time soon. I'm sure they don't mind it either.
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