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Jan 29, 2025 -Politics & Policy
Democrats hammered by ugly unpopularity numbers
Erin Doherty
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Share who say they have an unfavorable opinion of the Democratic party
Surveys taken irregularly starting in November 2008, most recently of 1,019 registered voters conducted Jan. 23-27, 2025
A line chart showing the share who say they have an unfavorable opinion of the Democratic party. As of January 2025, it stood at 57%, the highest since the poll started in 2008. Of note, there's a gap in the data from 2019 to 2025 when the question was not asked.
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This question was not asked between August 2019 and January 2025
Data: Quinnipiac Poll; Chart: Erin Davis/Axios Visuals
The Democratic Party is the most unpopular it's been in polling that dates back to 2008, according to a new survey from Quinnipiac University.
Why it matters: Democrats are struggling to repair their image with voters after a bruising 2024 election that put President Trump in the White House and Republicans in control of both houses of Congress.
Democratic lawmakers are grappling — and in some cases, experimenting — with how best to respond to Trump's rapid, sweeping changes in the early days of his administration.
By the numbers: 57% of registered voters have an unfavorable opinion of the Democratic Party, the highest percentage since Quinnipiac started asking the question in 2008.
45% of voters have an unfavorable opinion of the Republican Party.
43% of voters have a favorable opinion of the Republican Party, the highest since 2008.
By contrast, 31% of registered voters have a favorable opinion of the Democratic Party.
That's the largest favorability advantage the GOP has had over the Democratic Party since 2008, according to Quinnipiac.
Between the lines: Democrats face an uphill climb. A CNN poll conducted by SSRS earlier this month found that 70% of U.S. adults would describe themselves as disappointed with today's politics.
The same CNN poll found that 58% of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents say that the party needs major changes or to be completely reformed.
Reality check: The Republican Party had worse numbers during much of the first year of Trump's first term than what Democrats are seeing now.
The percentage of voters with an unfavorable view of the Republican Party hovered around 60% in 2017, with a peak of 67% in August, according to Quinnipiac.
Go deeper: Dems warm to conservative media after rough 2024
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