On a long enough timeline, Democrats might even befriend a Republican

Voters don’t always change parties as they age. But when they do, studies have shown that they are far more likely to change from Democrats to Republicans than vice versa.

A new poll from Echelon Insights shows that while the basic storyline hasn’t changed, the Trump era has added a new twist. In an April survey of over 1,000 voters, Echelon found that while just 10% of current Democratic voters admit to ever having been a Republican, 27% of Republican voters said they used to be Democrats. Not surprisingly, the older a Republican voter, the more likely it is that he or she was at one time a Democrat.