You may love Donald Trump or you may hate him, but he has left a big mark on the American political scene and his impact seems to have reached into the parties themselves — changing who identifies as a Republican and as a Democrat.
New data from the Pew Research Center show notable shifts in the demographic composition of the two parties since 2015, before Trump arrived on the scene. From gender and race to education and geography, the parties have seen sizable shifts, with the GOP seeing slippage among a range of different groups. CONT.
Dante Chinni, NBC News
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