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The share of voters who call themselves Republicans has declined by six points since 2004, and represents, on an annualized basis, the lowest percentage of self-identified Republican voters in 16 years of polling by the Center.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2008\/03\/20\/fewer-voters-identify-as-republicans\/\">Read the full analysis at Pewresearch.org<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The balance of party identification in the American electorate now favors the Democratic Party by a decidedly larger margin than in either of the two previous presidential election cycles. 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