It really is the party of Trump

The latest from Gallup begins with the fairly dramatic headline, “Republican Party Favorability Highest in Seven Years.”  What?!  You might think.  I thought– well, I guess this is Republicans approving now that there party is actually in charge.  And, survey says… yes:

Republican Party Gains Ground Among Those With Republican Views

Percent with favorable view of each party, September 2017 and September 2018

	Republican Party		Democratic Party
	Sep 2017	Sep 2018	Sep 2017	Sep 2018
	%	%	%	%
All adults	36	45	44	44
Party ID
Republicans plus leaners	67	85	13	11
Democrats plus leaners	10	10	80	80
Gender
Men	37	50	40	41
Women	35	40	49	48

While Republicans have become significantly more positive about their party over the past year, Democrats’ views of the Republican Party and their own Democratic Party have essentially not changed.

Short version: The GOP is the party of Trump.  The vast majority of Republicans in the electorate have chosen to embrace a political party that if not overtly ethnonationalist and authoritarian supports a leader who indisputably embodies those traits.  I don’t care how much you just want your tax cut.  Republicans own this anti-democratic awfulness.