CNN Poll: Opinion of Republican Party falls to all-time low - 29% hold a favorable view

[StrictlyRockers]

29% hold a favorable view of the Republican Party!


http://edition.cnn.com/2017/09/24/politics/cnn-poll-republican-party-approval/


WASHINGTON (CNN)
There are fresh signs the Republican Party's brand is in trouble.

Fewer than three in 10 Americans -- 29% -- hold a favorable view of the Republican Party according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS. That is down 13 percentage points from March and is the lowest mark for the GOP since CNN began asking the question in 1992.

The previous low point for the GOP was 30% -- hit twice -- in October 2013 following the federal government shutdown over President Barack Obama's health care law, and December 1998, in the wake of the House of Representatives approving two articles of impeachment against then President Bill Clinton.

Republicans are signaling they prefer President Donald Trump's vision for the party, with 79% saying he is taking it in the right direction. A majority of GOP voters -- 53% -- believe Republican leaders in Congress are taking the party in the wrong direction.

That finding comes as approval ratings and favorability ratings for Republican leaders in Congress have dropped. Overall approval of the party's leadership is down to 20%, a new low in CNN polling back to 2008. That includes just 39% of Republicans who approve of the job GOP leaders are doing. House Speaker Paul Ryan's favorability has dipped to 32%, a six-point drop since April, while Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell stands at 20% favorability, a seven-point dip since spring.

Both parties will have to grapple with an increasingly unhappy public as nearly six in 10 Americans (59%) say they are angry at both parties, while just 23% say they are not angry at either party. Independents are the most upset, with 68% saying they're angry at both parties -- up 10 points since March. Anger among Republicans has also spiked, with 63% now angry at both parties compared to 38% who said the same in the spring. Among Democrats, anger at both sides is up seven points, to 49%.

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[kacekwl]

1. Strange how the party that 29% of the population approve of

is making policy that 71% don't approve of. The minority ruling the majority. That's what gerrymandering and the electoral college get you. Democracy, yea get you some of that.

[dalton99a]

2. And foreign interference

[UTUSN]

3. R#4 & K

[malaise]

4. Oh My!

I did promise this when the Con gets there but since they're all ReTHUG Cons, here we go

[marylandblue]

5. Democrats aren't doing much better

Only 41% have a favorable view of the Democratic Party. 59% are angry at both parties. We need to do better.