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Democratic Party Hits Record Low Approval as Strategists Sound Alarm

Surveys showing support below 30 percent across key voter groups have prompted urgent demands for a party-wide overhaul of leadership messaging

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House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) walks with House Minority Whip Rep. Katherine Clark (D-MA) and other House Democrats, as they arrive to a press conference on the One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act outside of the U.S. Capitol on July 02, 2025 in Washington, DC. House Republicans continue their work to pass the Senate version of The One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act, President Trump's sweeping tax and spending bill. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
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Overview

  • A Unite the Country super PAC poll shows approval rates below 35 percent among Hispanic men and working-class voters
  • A CNN/SSRS survey records just 29 percent favorable ratings for Democrats nationwide, the lowest since the series began
  • A Marist/NPR/PBS News poll finds only 27 percent of Americans approve of congressional Democrats’ performance
  • Even Democratic-leaning voters express discontent, with 58 percent calling for significant changes or an overhaul of the party
  • Strategists warn the party faces a “nightmare scenario” driven by perceptions of being woke, weak and out of touch and urge a leadership and messaging overhaul