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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumspew poll - GOP viewed very unfavorably
http://www.people-press.org/2016/04/28/gops-favorability-rating-edges-lower/
The Republican Partys image, already quite negative, has slipped since last fall. Currently 33% of the public has a favorable impression of the Republican Party, while 62% have an unfavorable view. Unfavorable opinions of the GOP are now as high as at any point since 1992.
In October, 37% viewed the Republican Party favorably and 58% viewed it unfavorably. The decline in favorability since then has largely come among Republicans themselves: In the current survey, 68% of Republicans view their party positively, down from 79% last fall.
Republicans have less favorable view of the GOPBy contrast, public views of the Democratic Party are unchanged since October. Currently, 45% of the public has a favorable impression of the Democratic Party, while 50% have an unfavorable opinion.
The latest national survey by the Pew Research Center, conducted April 12-19 among 2,008 adults, finds that Democrats have a far more favorable impression of their party than Republicans have of theirs. Nearly nine-in-ten Democrats (88%) view their party favorably, which is 20 points higher than Republicans ratings of the GOP (68%).
Just 28% of independents view the Republican Party favorably, while 37% say they have a favorable impression of the Democratic Party. Notably, just 43% of Republican-leaning independents view the GOP favorably, while 50% hold a negative opinion of the party.
A quarter of the public has an unfavorable view of both partiesDemocratic-leaning independents, like those who identify as Democrats, have much more positive impressions of the Democratic Party. About six-in-ten (63%) view the party favorably, compared with 32% who have an unfavorable view.
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pew poll - GOP viewed very unfavorably (Original Post)
Liberal_in_LA
Apr 2016
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Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)1. Great post.
Thanks.
flamingdem
(39,321 posts)2. Goin down
silvershadow
(10,336 posts)4. Yep.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)3. Please let this FINALLY show in House and Senate elections, please
How long does it take? Their numbers have been sucking for years