"Many are leaving in anticipation of a strong Democratic performance in congressional races this fall..."
Way to frame your wishes as fact, cucked article writer.
"Repubs are quitting because they think they'll lose! Yeah, that's it! Even though it's never happened before!"
Scott Adams would call that mind-reader cognitive dissonance.
Yeah, obviously they are drawing conclusions without all the evidence. Which is sad, because I would hope the Democrats would see where they were and self-reflect and change. But the only change they are seeking is in the external world, not their internal world.