() The wins keep coming for the Republican party, this time in the form of a Gallup poll on political allegiance.

A recently released 2024 Gallup survey of 14,000 American adults revealed that 46% identified as Republicans or GOP-leaning independents, compared to 45% who identified as Democrats or Dem-leaning independents.

It is the third consecutive year the GOP has claimed the majority; a shift during the Trump era of American politics.

Since Gallup began polling political leanings and identification in 1991, Republicans had only edged out Democrats once (1991) before 2022.

Independent identification also grew, equaling a record-high 43%. There was an equal split of those who said they were either Republican or Democrat (28%).

“There have been slightly larger-than-average increases in Republican identification and leaning among Hispanic Americans (from 27% to 36%), young adults (33% to 39%), lower-income Americans (36% to 41%), those without a college degree (45% to 50%), Catholics (42% to 47%) and Black Americans (12% to 17%),” the report noted.