The Democrats Are Winning And Lead Despite Their Negative Image

[Just_Vote_Dem]

The Republicans like to tout the Democrats’ low approval rating and they tend to cherry pick a couple of outdated, outlier polls that found that the Democrats allegedly had a 19 percent approval rating. However, two more recent polls compared the approval ratings of the two parties. In the Fox poll, the Democrats had a 40% approval rating, compared to 44% for the GOP. In a very recent Gallup poll, the Democrats had a 34% approval rating while the GOP was at 38%.

Despite those low approval ratings, the Democrats are winning big in the 2025 elections and lead the GOP in 2026 polls. You wouldn’t know this from following the Vichy corporate media and the propaganda of the GOP. They are invested in a Democrats in disarray narrative. The Republicans know they are in trouble — that’s why they are redrawing the map in Texas in an attempt to steal 5 U.S. House seats.



The answer has to do with how Democrats think about their own party. Unlike Republicans, who as a group hold an overwhelmingly positive view of the GOP, only a plurality of Democrats actually have a favorable view of their own party.

A majority of Democrats are either neutral or hostile to their own party. But, crucially, almost none of them are disillusioned in a way that would lead them to vote against the party next year. In fact, the CNBC poll finds that Democratic voters are slightly more united behind their own party when it comes to the generic ballot than Republicans are.

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[gab13by13]

1. I think that's a fair assessment,

The Republican party is too awful to vote for is a brutal way of saying it.

[hay rick]

2. The negative image of the Democratic Party has been manufactured by the media.

They highlight the party's faults and inner divisions as a way to sanitize the Republican, independent and non-voting alternatives. In the responsible adult world, the only live options are the imperfect Democratic Party, the MAGA authoritarians, and the selfish sidelines.

Watching cable news you would think the primary cause of the emerging kleptocracy is not corrupt Republicans but Democrats not doing enough to stop them.