WASHINGTON, DC (Texas Insider Report) — The latest CNN poll shows the Democrat Party is wandering in the wilderness, with a paltry 29% of Americans giving the Democrats a thumbs up. To put it bluntly, it’s bad – like maybe the party needs a 20-year rebuild.
While news like this is frustrating most in the media, and amusing their political rivals, it gets juicier when you unpack the numbers.
Among their own people – the supposedly faithful Democrats and their sympathetic independents – a pitiful 63% hold a favorable view of the party. In 2021, it was 81%.- READ MORE: Historic Breach Between Democrat Leadership & Party's Grassroots 'Deepest Hole in 50 Years, and Could Actually Get Worse'
- Just 40% now "approve" – and 49% "disapprove." That’s a dramatic change from last year's 75% - 21% numbers. And according to party insiders, Democrat voters are even angrier than you think.
Imagine being in a group project where half the team wants to finish the assignment by burning everyone else’s work (57% want their reps to just “fight the Republicans”), and the other half wants to form a kumbaya circle and try to collaborate (42% prefer actually pushing Democratic policies).
Spoiler alert – The Democrats have no idea where to go from here.
The real kicker? 52% of Democrat-aligned adults think their party is steering into the wrong lane – straight into oncoming traffic.
Spoiler alert – The Democrats have no idea where to go from here.
The real kicker? 52% of Democrat-aligned adults think their party is steering into the wrong lane – straight into oncoming traffic.
Here’s the pièce de résistance of the Democrat woes.
The answers were underwhelming when asked: "Who best represents" your Democrat Party’s values.
- Cong. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez led the pack with a meager 10%.
- Former Vice President Kamala Harris a lame 9%.
- Sen. Bernie Sanders scraped by with 8%, and
the rest barely even registered.
- Oh Wait! A hilarious 30% of respondents just said, “No one.”
Think about that for a second.
When your party’s best-known faces can’t even cobble together double-digit support – and a third of your base doesn’t even believe leadership exists – you’ve got a big, big branding problem.
When your party’s best-known faces can’t even cobble together double-digit support – and a third of your base doesn’t even believe leadership exists – you’ve got a big, big branding problem.
Not that Republicans are America’s sweetheart, either – their favorability hovers at a modest 36%. But here’s the difference. Among their own people, Republicans can’t stop high-fiving.
A whopping 79% of Republicans and right-leaning "independents" are hyped about their team, bumping elbows in a unified MAGA chorus of self-congratulations.
Say what you want about their policies, but at least they know how to stick together.
Say what you want about their policies, but at least they know how to stick together.
Naturally, every upstart Democrat with a Twitter and Wi-Fi account is screaming about the need for a “Democrat Tea Party.” Some are even cheekily dubbing it a “Boba Party,” presumably to target younger, disillusioned voters who can’t decide if they hate student loans or avocado toast more.
- READ MORE: ‘Disarray’ Doesn’t Come Close to Describing It — Democrats Are Disintegrating
- To make matters worse, Democrats know it's Donald Trump that's fueled their disintegration – and he's only getting started.
And that brings us to the question of who could actually save the Democrats.
According to YouGov/Economist data, Mr. Sanders is America’s most beloved Democrat figure – with 46% viewing him favorably. Say what you will about his age – and trust us, critics will, the he is 83 – but the man’s got range.
Young voters? Love him.- Lower-income voters? Love him.
- Moderates, independents, Hispanics, Black voters, and even men? Love him.
- Even white voters dislike him by only two points, which is practically a success story.
Why? Yelling about how the system has failed people strikes a chord.
His persistent railing against inequality – and the “neoliberal consensus”whatever long-winded phrase you prefer – resonates with an electorate looking for someone different rather than someone in a carefully tailored pantsuit.
Of course, Bernie isn’t without his problems (the man will be 86 in 2028), and no one’s saying the Democrats can just slap a “Feel the Bern” sticker on the next election and call it a day.
However, the key takeaway here is that their entire brand is broken.
Call it a "leadership vacuum," call it "generational discontent," call it the "inability to decide on ordering pizza" – the Democrats are in trouble. So much trouble that there are whispers the party should go with AOC for president in 2028.
Meanwhile, the Republicans are sitting there and waiting to scavenge the battlefield.
For the Democrats, time is running out – or they can keep playing identity crisis while Republicans from the White House down into the State Legislative levels fires up the grill for 2024 leftovers.
Like that iconic poll respondent said, “No one” represents the Democrats right now.
As evidence, look no further than the just released Quinnipiac University 1st-Quarter Congressional Polling figures.
- For the first time in the poll’s history, Congressional Democrats are now underwater with their own voters in "Approval Ratings."
The Democrat approval data is unlike any in recent history. And the infighting is likely to get worse.
