If it were just one poll showing Democrats at record low approval rates, that would be nothing more than a maybe. Polls, as I have said many times, are (to say the least) very iffy.
If it were two in the same week, that would improve the probability level.
But it is now three polls in the same week showing Democrats at record low approval rates. That approaches being a definitive statement.
From Ryan King’s article for the New York Post:
Democrats’ approval rating with registered voters has plunged to a 35-year low, while Republicans maintain an edge on most of the top issues Americans care about, a new poll found.
A whopping 63% of registered voters view Democrats unfavorably, dramatically eclipsing the 33% who had a positive impression, marking the lowest rating they scored since 1990, according to a Wall Street Journal survey.
That abysmal rating for Democrats comes against the backdrop of lackluster figures for President Trump and Republicans. Trump’s approval rating sits at 46%, with 52% who disapprove of the commander in chief. The figure is higher than this point during his first term, which was 40%.
Republicans’ approval rating clocked in at a net seven points unfavorable.
True, the article goes on to show that neither the Republican Party nor Trump specifically are doing very well. But the difference – a negative 7% for Republicans and negative 6% for Trump – do not begin to compare to the 30% negative gulf for Democrats.
And the Democrat answer so far? Something like…
but…but…but...JEFFREY EPSTEIN! ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ!
Y’know, maybe it’s just me, but I don’t think those attacks are working very well.
And does anyone seriously think that Democrat mayoral candidate zohran mamdani in New York, or his political identical-twin mayoral candidate in Minneapolis, omar fateh, or Gavin Newsom and Adam Schiff in California, will change things for the better?
Bottom line: Republicans may not be in heaven right now, but they’re a lot further from hell than Democrats.
Unless Democrats materially – and credibly – change their direction, I don’t see things changing any time soon. But will they? Who is going to successfully fight the hard left cadre that has taken the party over, and gotten them into this mess?
Look, things can always change. But, as of now, I don’t see that happening.
