GOP Sobriety Surge 2025

Gallup reports Republican drinkers fell from 65% (2023) to 46% (2025), signaling a partisan sobriety movement reinforced by abstinent right-wing leaders and tech donors. This reframes conservative identity from liberty to discipline/optimization and could redirect norms around alcohol, cannabis, and nightlife. — Partisan realignment on pleasure and restraint shapes cultural coalitions, symbolic politics, and potential policy stances on alcohol and public social life, with implications for social capital and generational identity.