If there is one thing most Americans have been agreeing this year, it is that the Democrats are terrible. The negative perception of the party seems to have been rising in every month of Donald Trump’s second term, and this summer’s discontent has reached a new height. according to Weekly tracking polls By YouGov.
In other words, the positive view of the Democratic Party has now collapsed Only about one-third of the country According to Wall Street Journal polls, it’s good to see their light Shocking the political world in July.
It’s based on a widespread disgust: Republicans, independents and disgruntled Democrats are dragging on the party’s brand. But the reasons for this dislike are different. Since no one explains why everyone seems to hate Democrats right now, it is useful to split this issue into several charts to visualize the complex status of the Democrats in 2025.
Democrats are frustrated by their party
Currently, the biggest contributor to the Democratic Party’s negative stance comes from frustrated Democrats who are frustrated by the political party. Polls after the poll show the unique, unusual dynamics of Republicans Very Satisfied with the state and performance of the party, while Democrats were not satisfied with their own side.
Summer Gallup polls have been summarized develop: 91% of Republicans have a favorable view of the Republican Party – up from 87% in October 2024 – while 73% of Democrats have positive reviews of their parties – down from 92% in 2024. Republicans tend to be bad for their party, so this unity is surprising. Meanwhile, historically Democrats tend to support their political parties more.
The first way to consider this difference is to see the association of Democrats and political parties. For much of last year, Democratic voters have signaled their leaders that they want more aggressive resistance and opposition to Trump—who feels their party is not doing well.
Consider the chart and answered tips from the August press conference investigation. According to the Associated Press, one in three Democrats have negative views on the party, which is mainly related to the party’s inability to respond to Trump.
“Weak”, “Gentle”, “Ineffective” and “Broken”, Appear The most common Democrats are used by Democrats to describe their party more frequently than Americans.
In other words, Democrats don’t like their party because they think they can’t resist Trump. Other Americans don’t like the party for other reasons. This is in line with other trends. The Pew Research Center data comes from this spring, which shows that the vast majority of Democrats believe that their leaders’ boycott of Trump and their policies are “extremely” or “very”. This is the most obvious Very free Democrats, 85% of them said this resistance was “extremely” higher than Liberals,,,,, Conservativeor Easing Democrats. and vote from Quantity/Verasight intensity It shows that this very liberal/progressive Democrat may be Americans currently lowering the party’s favor.
Democrats disagree on what direction their party should go
Ideologically, there is evidence that the party’s negative views are partly due to the direction that its members do not unite the party should go. After many pre-election and post-election investigations, Kamala Harris and the Democrats suffered for suffering as being seen as too radical or too free, and the discussion within the party focused on whether the party needed to change direction ideologically.
Gallup looked at the issue earlier this year and found mixed results, but a significant change from four years ago. Democrats and democratically skewed independents disagree on whether the party should change.
More of these parties hope the party is more modest than 2021, but most still want it to stay the same or move to the left. This matches the trend again Other polls and related to the investigation findings Most Americans It is believed that their party is “somewhat” or “very” divided, while the Democrats themselves are halfway on the issue. Don’t like parties that move from there. If you think your party should be modest, but not, then overall you may be frustrated. If you think the party should be more liberal, but not the same reason. Meanwhile, Republicans are now very satisfied with their party: 43% think the party should not change.
Americans and Democrats really don’t like Democratic leaders
Relatedly, the third way of dislike of this Democratic Party is to see it as a reflection of its leaders’ unwelcome. If parties and American voters in general have strong negative feelings about a party’s elite (those spokespersons represent and speak for the party) – then it makes sense to apply these feelings to that party.
Here, Elliot Morris Intensity in Quantitative Analysis The preference of politicians is obvious. While most politicians and figures are unpopular, Democrats are particularly unpopular.
Similar dynamics appear when viewing Democrats in Congress. Generally speaking, their own voters are more negative to their own voters than Republicans. At the same time, individual democratic representatives and democratic candidates Positive to be more popular More than the entire Democrat or Republican candidate and Republican.
This implies a certain level of voters no Want to throw away the baby with bath water. They like individual democratic representatives, and at the same time they do not like party leadership and party brands. This could also explain why Democrats continue to see modest advantages in the general congressional vote—even if they don’t like the entire party, voters are still more likely to vote for Democrats in next year’s midterm elections.
Aside from these three explanations, there are some more natural dynamics at work: Partisanship and polarization explain why Republicans still strongly dislike Democrats, and it is normal for parties to experience a period of wilderness in the wilderness after the presidential loss (Democrats fell into a similar poll status in 2017 in 2017, which is normal. So while Democrats seem to be hated by everyone now, they are not doomed.
