Gallup Poll: Americans Shift to Republican Preference

A new Gallup poll finds the U.S. as a whole is shifting toward the Republican party.

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At the beginning of 2021, there was a 9% preference for the Democratic party but a poll at the end of the year found a 5% preference for the GOP. In addition, more Americans identified as political independents in 2021.

The poll was a random sampling of 12,000 U.S. adults