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Democratic party is shrinking

The latest Gallup poll on party identification, published Monday, found that the number of respondents who identify as Democrats reached a historical low of 29 percent in the past year. At the same time, 26 percent of respondents identified as Republicans , and 42 percent as independents – down one point from 2014, a record high year. Conducted annually since 1988, the Gallup poll sampled 12,137 adults, ages 18 and older, across all 50 states/ Christian Science Monitor . More here .

Question: Why do you think the Democratic party is shrinking?

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