Understanding Trump’s Divided Republican Party

“Democracy Corps conducted focus groups in Georgia and Arizona to gain insights into key segments of the Republican Party. They engaged with four distinct demographic groups representing various facets of the Republican electorate: Trump loyalists, Evangelical Trump loyalists, Cheney conservatives, and Moderate Republicans.”

“Trump’s Republican Party is very political and engaged — across all factions. They are mostly ‘worried,’ and the hot topics in their families are out-of-control prices, border and immigration, the cost of the Ukraine War, and woke policies being forced on their children. They were animated on the topic of gender fluidity, in particular.”

“Trump dominates his party. His loyalists comprise 63 percent of the party (48 percent Trump loyalists and 13 percent Evangelical Trump loyalists.) But the 37 percent do not approve of Trump, and the fault lines emerge in the groups.”