re: 2018: Democrats lead GOP by 12 million registered voters, 40% D, 29% R, 28% I

My wife and myself self registered as republicans today . So add 2 to that total . A lot of these are could be people that registered years ago at a young age like my wife and some friends who actually voted for Trump . The Democratic Party of today is not what was was years ago .

I'm registered as a dem dummy, but I never voted that way in 20 yrs. I want to keep it that way, so when the red wave drowns them, they will have that WTF happened look on their faces again !!

There have been way more registered democrats for decades. Republicans have always relied heavily on unregistered.

My Dad's a democrat and hasn't voted for one for president since Harry Truman. My brother is a registered democrat and hasn't voted for once since Bennett Johnston ran for governor against Edwin Edwards. There are a lot of DINOs in the South.

Democrats have been around 40% for as long as I can remember. This is nothing new

I think Democrats are definitely motivated (just like people who hated Democrats were motivated in 2016). Conservative leaning voters cannot afford to simply rest on their laurels and not vote. Anger and spite are great motivators. It's why Trump won in 2016. It's why Democrats will likely show up this fall and in 2020.

Party registration likely doesn't mean a whole hell of a lot. Like the article says, Democrats outnumber Republicans in ex. Louisiana. Yet, since Clinton, Louisiana has been a fairly red state. Many people are lazy and don't feel like changing their party registration. That doesn't mean they vote the same way. My mother has been a registered Democrat all her life and I don't think she's voted for a democratic candidate in a federal election in 20 years. The "rust belt" could be becoming the same way. They don't feel like changing their party affiliation on paper. But they aren't voting for the far left democrats that have all but given them the middle finger.