NEW: Overwhelming majorities of both Republican and Democratic voters have retained their party affiliation over the past two years, a tumultuous period marked by a global pandemic, mass protests against racial injustice and a presidential impeachment. 1/ pewrsr.ch/2DjjRrH
About one-in-ten voters (9%) who identified as or leaned Republican in September 2018 now identify as Democrats or lean Democratic. An identical share of voters (9%) who two years ago identified as Democrats or leaned Democratic now align with the GOP. 2/ pewrsr.ch/2DjjRrH 
While individual-level change has not resulted in a significant net shift in the *overall* balance of party identification in the electorate, that is not the case within demographic groups. 3/ pewrsr.ch/2DjjRrH
For example, among white voters without a college degree, a larger share of 2018 Democrats now tilt to the GOP than vice versa (12% vs. 6%). 4/ pewrsr.ch/2DjjRrH
The reverse is true among white college graduates: 4% of 2018 Democrats in this group now associate with the GOP, while 8% of 2018 Republicans now associate with the Democratic Party. 5/ pewrsr.ch/2DjjRrH
Among nonwhite voters, 10% of 2018 Democrats have moved to the GOP, while roughly twice that share of 2018 Republicans (21%) have moved to the Democratic Party. 6/ pewrsr.ch/2DjjRrH
These patterns are similar to those seen in prior years and are consistent with the long-term shifts in the composition of Republican and Democratic voters. 7/ pewrsr.ch/2DjjRrH
Voters who have *not* changed their party loyalty since 2018 are more engaged in politics and demographically different than those who *have* changed their party affiliation. 8/ pewrsr.ch/2DjjRrH
Consistent partisans are more likely than party switchers to say:
-they follow what is going on in government and politics most of the time
-they talk about politics at least a few times a week 9/ pewrsr.ch/2DjjRrH
-they follow what is going on in government and politics most of the time
-they talk about politics at least a few times a week 9/ pewrsr.ch/2DjjRrH
The patterns of party switching among the electorate in the past few years are largely continuations of long-term trends 10/ pewrsr.ch/2DjjRrH
White voters with no college degree have been moving toward the Republican Party over the past 10 years, while white voters with a college degree have trended toward the Democratic Party. This trend has continued between 2018 and today. 11/ pewrsr.ch/2DjjRrH
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