I'm switching to the GOP.

[hopper]

I will represent the pro-choice, anti-war, centrist wing of the GOP.

I did that for a while.  Five years at least.

Eventually I figured out that they were as confused and as hypocritical as the democrats and I just decided to become a lone ranger.  Not for sale, I say.

Good luck, Bernie Bros. The ship is yours.

did that too.

I have switched my support to Trump.

Never did that.  Obviously I wish him success, as does President Obama, but you shouldn't waste an opportunity to try to primary him as long as you're going to be a Republican.  Who knows?  Elizabeth Warren may become a Republican and you can nominate her for 2020.

Elizabeth Warren was a Republican till like 1995 or 1996.

[hopper]

The Democratic party is in unacceptably poor shape with no clear path back. There is no point in being in an irrelevant party if you want to have a say in American politics.

Obviously, you know nothing about the state of American politics over the past few years.  Before the election, we were all saying this about the GOP, and Trump's election didn't change the fact that Democrats still control the terms of debate in this country.

The Democrats have probably controlled the controlled the terms of the debate for the past 55-65 years because of MSM. The Democrats will probably always control the terms of the debate in this country because of MSM.

[hopper]

I've seen this happen. Especially after 2002. They'll come back. I'd considered becoming independent, but I am waiting to see if we can revive the party in 2018 instead of just giving up.

Why leave at all? Assuming you're not an older boomer, then it must be said that we've grown up in a conservative age and despite the sea change towards liberal ideas, we still live under a power structure that benefits conservatives (both artificial and natural). Republicans will lose power eventually, but not if everyone abandons ship because things are not happening fast enough. Elections take place over years, after all. It takes time!

It's not like Republicans didn't face a similar situation over a generation ago. They had a presidential winning streak before they were able to sweep the states/Congress, but before that they were in a far deeper hole in Congress than Democrats are now, for 40+ years.

Nevermind the average age of both parties voters is kinda old: its 52 for Republicans(up 5 years in age) from 1992 figures and the average age of a Democrat is 48(hardly that young) from 47 in 1992 per Pew Research.