The trend is for people to register as Independent. Independents now make up more than 40% of voters.
https://news.gallup.com/poll/15370/party-affiliation.aspx
I am registered as Independent.
If I was thinking to register Republican while working in a progressive urban hellhole, and I couldn’t move without incurring substantial loss, I would first scout out witnesses to fhe firing or threat of firing of employees over political affiliation. I would build a case to sue for damages.
I identify as Independent, but am registered as Republican. I want to be able to vote in Florida’s closed primaries.