The 10-point spread flips the 4-point Republican edge Gallup measured in the last quarter of 2024, and comes as Trump's approval sits at 38% with 58% disapproving, down from 52% at his second inauguration.
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Gallup measured a 4-point Republican edge in the last quarter of 2024
Attributed to Gallup quarterly tracking; the specific prior-quarter figure rests on Gallup's historical trend tables rather than a directly quoted line.
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Trump's approval sits at 38% with 58% disapproving
Approval attributed to Gallup polling, but the cited Gallup releases show 36% and 37% second-term lows, so the exact 38%/58% pairing comes from a single reading.
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Independent identification is up from about a third in 2002
Consistent with Gallup's 1991-2026 party identification trend line, but the 2002 comparison is the desk's rounding from the historical series rather than a quoted figure.
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The party-ID shift 'comes as' Trump's approval has fallen, linking the Democratic advantage to his declining standing
The juxtaposition implies a causal relationship that no named source in the story asserts; it is the desk's inference.