So, just how large is the "release the kracken" wing of the Republican Party?
This article may be revealing. As we all know Georgia's governor, Brian Kemp, is refusing to overturn the election. It has hurt his popularity among Georgia Republicans, but not all that much. His approval rating among Republicans has fallen from 86% to 77%. And his disapproval has fallen from 10% to 19%. So apparently nine percent of Republican voters have turned against him. That suggests that the Kracken voters are about nine percent of all Republicans.
Other estimates I have read have place the numbers higher -- about twenty percent. Either way, this would suggest that the real nuts make up only a distinct minority of Republican voters.
Unfortunately, in a close state Republicans cannot afford to have twenty percent or even nine percent of their voters stay home or vote third party.
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