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Democratic Party Approval Rating Craters To New Record Low
Trending Politics ^ | 3/16/2025 | Cullen McCue

Posted on 03/16/2025 10:11:35 AM PDT by Signalman

The Democratic Party’s approval rating among Americans has cratered to a record low, according to a new poll conducted by SSRS in conjunction with CNN.

In total, just 29 percent of respondents indicated that they hold a favorable view of the Democratic Party, a record-low in the surveys 30-year history. CNN’s Manu Raju explained that the poll’s results are even more striking when considering the fact that Democratic Party approval has plunged more than 20 percentage points in just four years, down from a high of 49 percent.

The November presidential elections — in which President Trump swept all seven swing states, out-performed polling averages by roughly four percentage points and became the first Republican to win the popular vote since 2004 — were thought to be a wake-up call for Democratic Party leaders and voters. Exit polls measured widespread dissatisfaction with the party on economic strategy, immigration and the pushing of leftist social ideologies such as transgenderism and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies.

Democrat voters have not yet gotten the message, however, as evidenced by the response’s to CNN’s poll.

A total of 57 percent of Democrat respondents and Democrat-leaning independents want the party to do more to “stand up” to President Trump and thwart his agenda. Just 42 percent of Democrats want to see the party work with Republicans when they can, such as this week’s vote to avert a government shutdown.

“The majority’s desire to fight the GOP marks a significant change in the party’s posture from the start of Trump’s first term. A September 2017 poll found a broad 74 percent majority of Democrats and Democratic leaners saying their party should work with Republicans in an attempt to advance their own priorities, and just 23 percent advocating for a more combative approach,” the outlet noted in the survey’s write-up.

A slight majority of Democrats and Democrat-leaning adults, 52 percent, believe the party is trending in the wrong direction. This represents another major shift from 2017, when a majority of respondents expressed satisfaction with the party’s trajectory.

In total, just 29 percent of respondents indicated a positive view of the party, down more than 20 points from a January 2021 survey taken shortly after the January 6 Capitol protests.

The overall number is driven by increasingly negative views among Democrat respondents. Just 63 percent of Democrats and Democrat-leaning independents said they hold a favorable view of the party, down from 72 percent in January and 81 percent at the start of the Biden Administration. The decline encompasses all ideological wings of the party, with satisfaction plunging 18 percent among both liberals and moderates alike.

By contrast, 79 percent of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents expressed a positive view of the Republican Party. Political independents maintain a negative view of both parties, however, with 20 percent expressing a positive view of the GOP and 19 percent saying the same for Democrats.


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To: Signalman

The democrats are on the Wrong Side of History.


21 posted on 03/16/2025 10:39:24 AM PDT by cross_bearer_02
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To: Signalman

Can’t afford to bribe people to get that approval up


22 posted on 03/16/2025 10:39:52 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Signalman

Relax, Dems. Now you have a noodle-armed grifter named Davey Hogg to lead you to the promised land.


23 posted on 03/16/2025 10:43:18 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: mund1011
Me either. I remember pussy hats on day one and no slowing down from there.

They were way more organized and (pissed off) the first time around.

Ordinary Democrats mobilized and went to the streets to mobilize against Trump.

This time, it's just federal workers and their elected officials because they were benefitting from the corruption in the Swamp.

24 posted on 03/16/2025 10:43:25 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Keep up the good work with the 80-20 issues.
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How don’t know how Trump does it.

And I hope Jasmine Crockett keeps going on national TV

Video
Democrats won’t support using the Alien Enemies Act to remove violent foreign gang members
https://rumble.com/v6qqj7w-democrats-wont-support-using-the-alien-enemies-act-to-remove-violent-foreig.html


25 posted on 03/16/2025 10:50:50 AM PDT by janetjanet998 (Legacy media including youtube are the enemy of the people and must die)
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To: Signalman

I would be willing to bet that the majority of the 29% live in overwhelmingly Themocrat districts - this number won’t go down much more, but they can be safely ignored.


26 posted on 03/16/2025 10:51:54 AM PDT by decal (They won't stop, so they'll have to be stopped)
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To: cross_bearer_02

But for a lot of Democrats the pay for being on the wrong side of history is really good.


27 posted on 03/16/2025 11:00:44 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: Billthedrill

28 posted on 03/16/2025 11:04:07 AM PDT by simpson96
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To: dfwgator

Not sure about that. I don’t idolize JFK but I can’t see him ever aligning with the Democrat party of today.


29 posted on 03/16/2025 11:07:45 AM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Obama wanted to start a race war. But he was such a terrible fake black narcissist, nobody was dumb enough to follow him.


30 posted on 03/16/2025 11:09:10 AM PDT by cnsmom
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To: Pontiac

They pay is excellent. Until they run out of other people’s money.


31 posted on 03/16/2025 11:18:33 AM PDT by cross_bearer_02
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To: SamAdams76

He would align with whatever furthered his political career!


32 posted on 03/16/2025 11:24:20 AM PDT by Reily (a)
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To: fwdude

Agree at least 20% of the people in America hate it every step they take is an effort to kill it.

check any poll or voting some things it’s much higher.

Left progressive socialist marxist commonest all have the same agenda.

The democrat party know it to them it’s a gift earned.


33 posted on 03/16/2025 12:40:08 PM PDT by Vaduz
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To: Signalman
...in just four years, down from a high of 49 percent.

Mighty high hopes for Pedo Pete. 87 million ballets.

34 posted on 03/16/2025 12:58:40 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: Signalman

I don’t know... What does Snakehead Carved say?🙄


35 posted on 03/16/2025 1:10:43 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: Signalman

They will make ALL the wrong assumptions from hearing these polls. They will act more shrill, hatefilled, and violent, and do nothing to better the lives of Americans.


36 posted on 03/16/2025 3:26:56 PM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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