In the age of President Donald Trump, the Republican Party has become completely unrecognizable, and if the GOP isn't careful, it risks hemorrhaging the young people and women it has worked so hard over the years to cultivate.

A new Gallup poll shows that 45 percent of respondents identified as Democrats, compared to 38 percent who identified as Republicans. (The reason has more to do with Republican affiliation decreasing after the election of Trump rather than newcomers to the Democratic Party.)

It's no secret that Trumpism has hijacked the Republican Party as we know it and turned it into something wildly different. In fact, a new poll from Public Policy Polling shows that 41 percent of Republicans believe it is appropriate for a Republican politician to body slam a reporter – that is the result of Trump's America, fueled by the hatred of the mainstream media.

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Here we are five months into the administration, and I still wonder just how we got here. I am a Republican who finds myself without a home, refusing to accept Trump as the standard-bearer of the Republican Party.

This is no longer the party that I've fought for, defended, campaigned for or loved all these years. The GOP needs to rebuild, change and refocus. For years I have spoken across the country, on television and elsewhere, advocating for the party I believed represented, respected and empowered everyone – particularly women.

The party has strayed so far from its free-market and limited government message because of Trump, and that's what should be most feared. This administration hasn't been focused on the issues at all; it has been a constant barrage of tweets and public relations disasters. America deserves better from the presidency.

The conservative movement has strayed far from its roots, the roots grounded in President Ronald Reagan's iconic "time for choosing" speech given in October of 1964, the speech that ignited the conservative movement and launched Reagan's career. In his address he laid out a conservative platform on various issues such as entitlements, big government, tax reform, national security and the preservation of freedom.

We are facing the consequences of a fractured movement, and it is up to us – conservatives – to hold our leaders accountable, should we wish to advance freedom for generations to come. However, I feel that more people will flee the party than take up the mantle to make sure the party survives given the party's willingness to abandon its most staunch supporters for false idols.