Has it shriveled, or has it slightly declined? You can’t have both.

The fact that the base has only "slightly declined" is incredibly bad news, considering that the Republicans' shift towards the deep end of fascism has been way more than "slight!"

There was a 2% decrease over 4 years. 30% to 28%. Hardly "shriveling."

You mean "died." All the COVID conspiracies were from the right and they didn't wear masks, sucked down horse dewormer, and travelled like they won the lottery. They asked for this, they DEMANDED this.

Gee, maybe convincing them vaccines are the devil had negative repercussions

It kinda looks like the elephant is wearing jeans.

Let me just point out that as long as the Republican base remain highly-motivated voters, they will still continue to win and to dominate. If people that identified as Demoratic voters were 72%, and Republicans were 28%, it would be a tossup in US politics if they showed up to polls at 90%, and Dems at the more typical 35%. If you don't want Trump in office, and you want to actually see him end up in jail for the wide variety of federal and state crimes he's committed, get your ass out and vote for Biden--yes, yes, he's not even close to being my first choice either--and make sure everyone you know votes for Biden.

2% is margin of error territory

What matters most is not what they publicly say, but how they privately vote.

So many people said Trump made them feel safe to show their true feelings. People are staying racist and fascist, just learning to keep it quiet again

i dont think the landslides are uncommon.
the whole tiktok fiasco could trigger anger in genZ into becoming politically active.

could also somehow still fall into regressive republican hands too. imho