At least one million voters across 43 states have switched to the Republican Party in the past year alone, according to an analysis released by The Associated Press on Monday.
AP said that it compiled ballot intentions to make the finding, noting that the shift is happening more frequently in suburbs. Over the last year, far more people are switching to the GOP across suburban counties from Denver to Atlanta as well as Pittsburgh and Cleveland, it said.
The GOP also gained ground in counties around medium-size cities such as Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Raleigh, North Carolina; Augusta, Georgia; and Des Moines, Iowa.
The data was sourced by political research firm L2, which provided information about 1.7 million voters who likely switched their party affiliations across 42 states. L2 said that it uses state voter records and statistical modeling to figure out party affiliation….