The Hill: 64 percent of GOP voters say they would join a Trump-led new party

[Canis]

The survey found 28 percent of independents and 15 percent of Democrats said they'd likely join a third party led by Trump.

Thirty-seven percent of voters overall said if Trump started a new political party they'd likely join.

Last month, Trump reportedly floated the idea of starting a new political party, however, no concrete plan concerning a Trump-led third party has emerged.

"These numbers show that despite the Capitol riots Trump remains a political force to be reckoned with. He benefits from a diverse base of support making up over a third of voters, voters who are attracted to him on a number of issues that are yet to be properly addressed by, and coopted by, Democratic and Republican elites," Dritan Nesho, CEO and chief pollster at HarrisX, told Hill.TV.

"If Trump were to split from the GOP and create his own party, polling suggests he might well create the second largest political party in the country, knocking the GOP down to third place,” Nesho added.

The most recent Hill-HarrisX poll was conducted online among 945 registered voters, 340 of which self-identified as Republicans. It has a margin of error of +/- 3 percentage points.

 —Gabriela Schulte

https://thehill.com/hilltv/what-americas-thinking/537442-poll-64-percent-of-gop-voters-likely-to-join-a-trump-led-3rd

[Tender Branson]

Maga Party ?

Patriot Party ??

More like a Pakled Party.

[Sirius_]

15% of Democrats? What?

[DaleCooper]

I don't want to downplay how widespread of a problem the devotion to Trump is in this country, but I'm very skeptical of this poll. I don't believe for a second that 15% of Democrats or even anywhere close to it would respond affirmatively to this question, and I'm also not sure I buy that a majority of Republicans would go to a third-party regardless of Trump's involvement. They like to win and everybody knows that third-parties don't win.

I don't know what I'd expect the actual numbers to be, but I find these results questionable.

[Lord Halifax]

I don't want to downplay how widespread of a problem the devotion to Trump is in this country, but I'm very skeptical of this poll. I don't believe for a second that 15% of Democrats or even anywhere close to it would respond affirmatively to this question, and I'm also not sure I buy that a majority of Republicans would go to a third-party regardless of Trump's involvement. They like to win and everybody knows that third-parties don't win.

I don't know what I'd expect the actual numbers to be, but I find these results questionable.

But wouldn't a new Trump party make the Republicans the "Third Party"?

[HAnnA MArin County]

Trump destroying the Republican Party once and for all really would make America great again.

[CookieDamage]

This poll might very well be trash but this Patriot Trumper Party (PTP) needs to happen! I want like 20 solid years of Dem domination

[Alben Barkley]

I will NEVER understand what it takes to worship a man the way Republicans do Trump, let alone one as repulsive as he is. I find the entire concept pathetic and revolting.

[An American Tail: Fubart Goes West]

I will NEVER understand what it takes to worship a man the way Republicans do Trump, let alone one as repulsive as he is. I find the entire concept pathetic and revolting.

Seriously, of all the ghouls in the Republican Party, they end up worshiping a businessman so bad that his casinos lose money? 🤦‍♂️

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

This poll might very well be trash but this Patriot Trumper Party (PTP) needs to happen! I want like 20 solid years of Dem domination

Democrats in 1854: Haha, these Republicans will split the vote and we will win easily for the next 20 years
Democrats in 1860: Oh sh**t

[ꙮ]

This poll might very well be trash but this Patriot Trumper Party (PTP) needs to happen! I want like 20 solid years of Dem domination

Democrats in 1854: Haha, these Republicans will split the vote and we will win easily for the next 20 years
Democrats in 1860: Oh sh**t

That had more to do with the fact that both parties were splitting at the time, it's not like the Republican side splitting in the 1850s somehow hurt the Democrats.

A Trump centered third party could only help the Democrats, especially over the timescales we're talking about. Neither the rump Republican Party leftover nor the new Trump Party would have much potential to expand, and the Democrats don't have any division or decisive individual large enough to cause a similar split.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

15% of Democrats? What?

Yeah, I'm calling BS. Biden has basically unanimous approval among self-identified Democrats, but we're supposed to believe that three in twenty would vote for Trump if he ran third party?

[ElectionsGuy]

At that point, the Republican Party becomes the spoiler third party, and you'll see a lot of ship jumping.

[Hope For A New Era]

yessss do it

and then the remaining Republicans join the Democrats

big tent! American LDP or something