Posted on 07/19/2025 10:05:48 AM PDT by Twotone
Congressional Democrats' job approval rating has plunged to a record low, with less than 20 percent of registered voters approving of their performance and a majority of Democratic voters expressing disapproval, according to a new poll.
Only 19 percent of voters are satisfied with how Democratic officials are performing in Congress—the lowest rating ever recorded by Quinnipiac University since its pollsters began asking the question in 2009. Seventy-two percent said they disapprove, while 10 percent offered no opinion, the Wednesday poll found.
Even among Democratic voters, disapproval outweighed support. Fifty-two percent said they disapprove of their congressional leaders, compared with just 39 percent who approve. Nine percent declined to answer.
The dismal numbers reflect a growing turmoil within the Democratic Party, which has struggled for months to rally behind a national leader and still lacks a clear frontrunner for the 2028 presidential race. The party's favorability sank below 30 percent in CNN and NBC News polls earlier this year, while a Reuters/Ipsos survey last month found that 62 percent of Democratic voters say the party needs new leadership.
The party has also seen tensions between candidates, with socialist Zohran Mamdani's surprise victory last month in New York City's Democratic mayoral primary unnerving the party establishment. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries have yet to endorse Mamdani, whose allies are reportedly plotting primary challenges against Jeffries and the city's other Democratic incumbents.
Several top Democrats have identified the source of their frustration as recently elected DNC chairman Ken Martin. Powerful American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten, who publicly supported former DNC vice chair David Hogg's efforts to launch primary challenges against the party's incumbents, resigned last month from the DNC, saying she feels "out of step" with Martin's leadership.
The Quinnipiac poll was released on the same day Politico reported that "Republicans are racking up more cash than Democrats as both parties prepare to fight over dozens of House battlegrounds."
"Ten of the nearly three dozen targeted House Republicans raised at least $1 million in the quarter," the Politico report reads. "Meanwhile, just one of the 25 GOP-targeted incumbent Democrats raised that much."
Republicans in Congress also fared better than Democrats in the Wednesday Quinnipiac poll, with 33 percent of voters approving of their performance and 62 percent disapproving. Among Republican voters, 77 percent expressed approval of GOP lawmakers, while only 20 percent disapproved.
"If the approval numbers for Republicans are bad … then the approval numbers for Democrats can be characterized as flat out terrible," Quinnipiac University polling analyst Tim Malloy said in a statement.
Some good news.
This basically shows that the commentaries about how Trump keeps railroading Democrats into the wrong side of “80/20” issues is literally correct.
Only 19 percent of voters are satisfied with how Democratic officials are performing in Congress
Why are they not satisfied? for many it is because the rats are not radical enough.
“for many it is because the rats are not radical enough.”
It is like we don’t like “W”.
Why are they not satisfied? for many it is because the rats are not radical enough.
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I’d bet that most of the radicals/activists we’re seeing are not currently in the Dem party. Probably Greens or Socialists.
Methinks the numbers would be worse if asked if they approved of ANY DemocRATz.
Absolutely correct. The problem with approve/disapprove polls is that they lump together people on opposite ends of the spectrum who disapprove for exactly opposite reasons.
Not to worry, the RATS will continue to double down on stupid.
Everyone hates Congress but their own. Been like that since beginning of the United States. Sure a few turn over from time to time. But it’s no surprise most are there decades.
It might not really be good news for two reasons:
First, the survey was a national survey not a by House district and by state survey. The state legislatures have created too many safe Dimbocrat seats.
Second, there are states that report fraudulent election results. Look at the returns from states like CA, AZ, PA where voters voted for Trump-Vance in districts by huge percentages yet Dim Representatives were elected in those districts.
As children we were told: Winners never cheat. Cheaters never win. That was one of the biggest falsehoods from the 1950s.
The rats have boxed themselves into a corner. Their platform is stop Trump because he is evil, nazi, harmful, etc. But if they actually put forth a good idea Trump could agree and try to implement. But the Dems can’t live with actually being able to work with Trump as it would blow up their narrative.
Apparently they never polled the never trumpers on freerepublic. Who somehow think the Democratic Party is an unstoppable juggernaut that loves men playing in women’s sports
The 3 AM voters love the Democrat party
......whereas zero of 5 Republicans approve of our Repugnant Party Congressmen. Yet, we keep voting them in.
I want to see that reflected in the midterm elections...
As a Pennsylvania resident, I am pleasantly surprised with my Democrat Senator, John Fetterman.
The rest of the Democrats in Congress can go jump in the ocean with rocks in their pockets!
What’s to approve of? Even if you are a true [modern] Dem, they are doing a really crappy job of it. They just reiterate the same memes and dump on Trump any chance they get, reasoned or not.
Why would they care as long as they can steal power?
Every system has a flaw Congressional Democrats is one of them.
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