Fears of Escalation & Infighting ahead of 2026 Primary Season begin
WASHINGTON, DC (Texas Insider Report) — Just 40% of Democrats now "approve of" the job performance of Congressional Democrats – compared to 49% who "disapprove." That’s a dramatic change from this time last year, when 75% of Democrats approved, and just 21% who disapproved.
The Democrat Party's disillusionment among its base runs so deep right now that it’s eerily reminiscent of grassroots sentiment in the period leading up to Donald Trump’s takeover of the Republican Party.
The numbers are clear: No longer satisfied with the status quo in their party, Democrats are on the verge of a Tea Party-style, intra-party revolt that could move them even further to the left.And according to D.C. party insiders, Democrat voters are even angrier than you think.
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- Here's just part of where we can start: Its a 10 Item List with an introduction that reads: "Top Democrats tell us their party is in its deepest hole in nearly 50 years – and they fear things could actually get worse." The party has its lowest favorability ever, and something is wrong with the Democrat Party.
The intensity of the anger roiling the party is at historic levels, suggesting a breach between Congressional Democrats and the party grassroots so severe that it could reshape the 2026 Primary Election Season.
The trauma of the 2024 Presidential Election defeat has ruptured the relationship.
As evidence, one need 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 it isn’t a case of bitter, disaffected partisans reacting to a loss in the last election.
The first time Democrats lost an election to Donald Trump, the Congressional Approval Ratings within the party actually ticked up – as Democrat base voters largely approved of the ways that party leadership resisted the Trump administration in early 2017.
But today, Democrats can't even seem to agree on which direction the party should move – further exacerbating the divisions.
The Democrat approval data is unlike any in recent history – and it isn’t a case of bitter, disaffected partisans reacting to a loss in the last election.
The first time Democrats lost an election to Donald Trump, the Congressional Approval Ratings within the party actually ticked up – as Democrat base voters largely approved of the ways that party leadership resisted the Trump administration in early 2017. But today, Democrats can't even seem to agree on which direction the party should move – further exacerbating the divisions.
A recent Gallup Poll found 45% wanted the party to become more moderate, 29% felt it should become more liberal, while 22% said it should stay the same.
Those numbers suggest the party's fury is at least partly fueled by the Democrat base’s dissatisfaction with Congressional Leadership’s and their inability to stop or even respond to Donald Trump with any type of coherent message.
Recent polls from CNN and Data For Progress both show that super-majorities of Democrat voters are calling for the party’s Congressional leadership to do more to oppose President Trump and Congressional Republicans.
It's a fiece sentiment that sparked an immediate backlash against Sen. Schumer’s recent cave to Republican’s passage of a Continuing Resolution keep the gederal government open.
And these Democrat base voters don’t have anywhere else to go.
That is already leading party insiders – and most importantly major Democrat donors – to fear an escalation in pressure and infighting ahead the 2026 Primary Election season, where a potentially bruising string of primaries in both the House and the Senate would no doubt diminish morale and outcomes.
There are 13 Democrat-held Senate seats up for reelection in 2026 – many of them involving veteran Senators in the bluest of states – and with retirements already announced in Michigan, Minnesota and New Hampshire, the prospects for a stream of younger, more vocal and further-to-the-left insurgent candidates is sure to keep Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer in the news, with deeply frustrated liberal constituents festering or even emboldened.
