A Wall Street Journal The survey published on Friday shows the Democrat partyThe image has deteriorated to its lowest point in more than three decades according to the newspaper files which date back to 1990.
Only 8% of the registered voters said they saw the Democratic Party “very favorably”, while 63% said it was out of contact with the daily concerns of the Americans. On the other hand, Republicans are now more reliable on key issues such as economics, immigration and crime.
The survey, which interviewed 1,500 voters registered between July 16 and 16, revealed that the Republicans took the lead out of eight of the 10 numbers tested. Despite the president Donald Trump‘s continues unpopularity in the pollsThe GOP leads to the global identification of the parties. THE NewspaperThe survey has an error margin of more or less 2.5 percentage points.
Why it matters
In the presidential election last year, Trump beat the president of the time Kamala HarrisThe presidential democratic candidate, by 2 points in the popular vote, from 50 to 48%. Trump also won the electoral vote, which decides the winner, 312-226.
The Democratic Party faced a series of defeats during the 2024 electoral cycle with regard to the American house and SenateWith party difficulties for a clear message and effective leadership intensifying when approaching mid-term elections in 2026.
The new survey indicates an important warning for Democrats. Although Trump remains a polarizing figure, the data suggest that voters are increasingly considering the party as ineffective on basic issues such as inflation, border security and crime.
What to know
According to the NewspaperThe survey, the Democrats are now faced with a net favorability of -30 points, with only a third of the voters expressing a positive feeling towards the party. This marks the worst performance for democrats in the history of the newspaper survey to date.
While the treatment of inflation and prices by Trump aroused a significant disapproval – 11 and 17 points respectively – the voters always trust the Republicans than the Democrats to manage these questions Congress. The GOP has an advantage of 10 points on inflation and an advantage of 7 points on the prices.
Only political areas where Democrats outfit The republicans of the survey are health care and a vaccination policy, suggesting that the party retains a certain credibility on public health problems.
The president’s net disadvantage is at -7 points, the gop slightly worse at -11. However, Trump’s favorability has remained relatively stable during the first six months of his second term, even if other surveys show Sharper declines.
Despite the negative feeling, 46% of voters say that they will support a democrat for congress if an election had been held today, against 43% which will support a Republican. This margin is narrower than the 8 -point advantage that the Democrats had at the same time of Trump’s first term in 2017.
The leader of the Senate minority, Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York, speaks while the Senate Senator, Senator Richard Durbin, Democrat of Illinois, and Senator Cory Booker, a Democrat in New Jersey, listen to a press briefing in the American Capitol on July 22 in Washington, DC,
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What people say
Bill Mcinturff, a republican sounder not linked to the NewspaperThe investigation, said: “We were already watching the tide move for the Republican party At this stage of 2017, and this is not where we are today. And it’s worth jumping from top to bottom and trying to explain: how much more competitive Trump and the Republicans are today in 2017. “
John Anzalone, a democratic sounder who worked on the Newspaper investigation, says: “The Democratic brand is so bad that it does not have the credibility of being a critic of Trump or the Republican Party. Until they inquire with the real voters and the workers on whom they could and what is their economic message, they will have problems.”
What happens next?
Democrats face increasing pressure to redefine their economic message and rebuild confidence with the voters of the working class. Meanwhile, the Republicans should double their forces perceived in budgetary and foreign policy before the middle of next year.