{"id":68515,"date":"2026-03-09T12:56:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T17:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/09\/democrats-sink-to-new-voter-low-republicans-also-underwater-poll\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T12:56:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T17:56:00","slug":"democrats-sink-to-new-voter-low-republicans-also-underwater-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/09\/democrats-sink-to-new-voter-low-republicans-also-underwater-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats sink to new voter low, Republicans also underwater: poll"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new national poll<\/a> is the latest to indicate that Democrats are facing major problems with their party’s image.<\/p>\n

Just 30% of registered voters in an NBC News poll view the Democratic Party positively, compared to 52% who view it negatively.<\/p>\n

The poll, the latest over the past year to indicate the Democratic Party<\/u><\/a> brand, in some cases, hitting historic lows, comes as Democrats aim to escape the political wilderness and win back House and Senate majorities in the 2026 midterm elections.<\/p>\n

The GOP, which is working to defend its slim congressional majorities in the 2026 ballot box showdowns amid a rough political climate that doesn’t favor the party in power, doesn’t fare much better in the poll, which was conducted Feb. 27 through March 3.<\/p>\n

WHAT OUR LATEST FOX NEWS NATIONAL POLL SAYS\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Thirty-seven percent of registered voters said they viewed the Republican Party<\/a> positively, with 51% seeing the GOP in a negative light.<\/p>\n

Helping to sink the Democratic Party’s underwater ratings are Democrats themselves. Only 62% of Democrats questioned in the survey viewed their party positively, compared to 77% of Republicans who gave the GOP a favorable rating.<\/p>\n

CNN DATA GURU SAYS DEMOCRATS ARE ‘MESSIER THAN A HOARDER’S BASEMENT,’ PARTY’S IMAGE IS ‘GARBAGE’<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The release of the NBC News survey came a few days after the latest Fox News national poll<\/a> indicated a record 70% of registered voters disapproved of the job congressional Democrats are doing, up six points since December 2025. Views of congressional Republicans weren’t much better, with 64% disapproving.<\/p>\n

Only 63% of Democrats questioned in the Fox News poll approved of the job their party was doing in Congress, compared to 77% of Republicans who gave GOP lawmakers on Capitol Hill a thumbs up.<\/p>\n

There are some silver linings for Democrats in the NBC News poll<\/a>.<\/p>\n

GOP CALLS TRUMP ITS \u2018SECRET WEAPON\u2019 \u2014 BUT POLLS SHOW WARNING SIGNS HEADING INTO MIDTERMS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The party holds a six-point advantage over Republicans in the battle for control of Congress<\/a> in this autumn’s midterm elections. And nearly three-quarters of Democrats say they have a high interest in the midterms, compared to 61% of Republicans.<\/p>\n

The survey also indicated Democrats have pulled even with Republicans on the question of which party would do better dealing with the economy, with 40% choosing each party.<\/p>\n

But according to the poll, voters trust President Donald Trump<\/a> and Republicans more than Democrats to handle border security and immigration.<\/p>\n

Trump’s approval rating in the NBC News poll stood at 44%, with 54% disapproving of the job he’s doing in the White House.<\/p>\n

The president stood at 43% approval and 57% disapproval in the latest Fox News national poll.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A new national poll is the latest to indicate that Democrats are facing major problems with their party’s image. Just 30% of registered voters in an NBC News poll view the Democratic Party positively, compared to 52% who view it negatively. The poll, the latest over the past year to indicate the Democratic Party brand, … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68515\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}