Now that is a silly-ass contrafactual statement right there.
ONE of these days you may want to post a link to support your assertions. Claiming that there are 'millions who can't say it' is laughable on it's face. Intellectually lazy too.
Dems are leaving by the millions but they can't say it publicly.
A very scary number for Republicans heading into 2018
The fears were well grounded, as the mid-term results bore out.
Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large
Updated 3:58 PM ET, Mon December 4, 2017
One of the best ways to gauge the relative health of a political party's brand is to see how willing people are to say they identify with the party. Which is why new Gallup poll numbers on party identification should worry Republicans heading into an election year.
Just 37% of people identify as Republicans or leaning toward the Republican Party, compared with 44% who identify as either leaning toward the Democratic Party or as solid Democrats. Another 14% say they are independents and don't lean to either party.
What's particularly worrisome for Republicans is the trend line on the party ID question since President Donald Trump was elected in November 2016.
At that point, 44% called themselves Democrats while 42% said they were Republicans. It's been all downhill for Republicans since then.