Democrats hit rock bottom, as party plummets to all-time low in Quinnipiac Poll
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Texas Insider Report) — Since President Donald Trump's return to power earlier this year, an increasingly energized Democrat base is urging party leaders to take a stronger stand in pushing back against the president's sweeping – and thus far successful – 2nd-Term Agenda. And, their anger is being directed more toward their fellow Democrats, who they feel aren't vocal enough in their opposition, as it is against Republicans.
It's fueled a plunge in the Democrat Party's favorable ratings, which have hit historic lows in several surveys this year.
According to the latest Quinnipiac University Poll conducted July 10th-14th among 1,290 "Registered Voters":- fewer than 2 out of 10 "Registered Voters" (19%) approve of the way Democrats in Congress are handling their job,
- while 72% disapprove, and
- 10% did not offer an opinion.
- The numbers are a record low since March 2009 when the Quinnipiac first began asking "Congressional Approval" questions of Registered Voters 16 years ago.
- 39% approve of the way the Democrats in Congress are handling their job,
- 52% disapprove, and
- 9% did not offer an opinion.
The Democrat Party has been in the political wilderness since November – and perhaps most importantly, Republicans are continuing to make gains among Black, Hispanic and younger voters, all traditional members of the Democratic Party's base. Just 1-in-5 disapprove.
"The approval numbers for Democrats can be characterized as flat out terrible," said Quinnipiac University polling analyst Tim Malloy, a 33-year veteran of television news and a seasoned political reporter.
This week's new CNN polling shows President Trump’s approval has gone up despite the Epstein crisis: "This one surprised me a bit... You might think his approval ratings were going down with Republicans. If anything, they're going up,” said CNN Chief Data Analyst Harry Enten.
"Donald Trump's approval rating has gone up since this whole Epstein saga started.
"He is at the apex, or close to it, in terms of his popularity with Republican voters, Epstein files, complaints, or not," Enten noted.
"Republicans who said the top issue was the Epstein case? The answer is one. One – not 1%. One individual responded."
"Donald Trump's approval rating has gone up since this whole Epstein saga started.
"He is at the apex, or close to it, in terms of his popularity with Republican voters, Epstein files, complaints, or not," Enten noted.
"Republicans who said the top issue was the Epstein case? The answer is one. One – not 1%. One individual responded."
On the economic front, earlier this week Home Depot Co-Founder Ken Langone – who as been outspoken in saying he did not want to vote for Mr. Trump, and who has also vocally opposed his tariff ideas, shocked the business world by sayng:
"I am SOLD on Trump, and I'll tell you the reason I'm a believer – people're walking with more bounce.
"What I'm seeing is absolutely nothing short of a great thing.
"I think he's got a good shot at going down in history as one of our best presidents ever," Langone said.
"What I'm seeing is absolutely nothing short of a great thing.
"I think he's got a good shot at going down in history as one of our best presidents ever," Langone said.
A Fox News National Survey released at the end of June showed that the largest number of voters since 2011 now say they are proud of the United States, with 6-in-10 (58%) are proud of the country – the most in more than a decade.
That’s up 13 percentage points since June 2024, and is the highest response since 2011's record 69%. By contrast, 41% said are not proud.
Majorities across most groups are proud:
- especially MAGA supporters at 92%
- Republican men at 88%, and
- White evangelical Christians with 80%
- A lack of pride is highest among:
- women with a college degree (51% not proud),
- voters under age 30 (57%), and
- 61% of Democrats who were "not proud"
That survey was completed before events in the Middle East included U.S. military strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.
Presidential and Congressional Approval Rating Polls have long been closely watched barometers ahead of mid-term elections, and polling since shortly after Mr. Trump took office have only widened, indicating Republicans hold a significant advantage over Democrats on two of voter's top issues: The Economy & Immigration.Surveys conducted in mid-April shortly after Trump took office (ABC News, Washington Post/Ipsos, and others,) indicated more Americans trusted Trump (40%) than Democrats in Congress (32%) to handle the issues they viewed as the nation's main problems.
