Imagine the outrage, the fear, and how pumped up the Democrats would be if we did. It would set off a panic among the fake conservatives who gifted this nation to the Democrats by doing absolutely nothing.
Then when this mess is fixed, we never vote for either again. I refuse to vote Republican again and would NEVER vote Democrat, so we better get some strong Patriot Party candidates before 2022.
You say change affiliation but "obviously not democrat". If all republicans switched to democrat but never voted for the party anointed you would be destroying both parties. Maybe, maybe not.
I couldn't face the shame in the mirror of putting my name down as Democrat, even if it was a lie.
Might help your social credit score.