Now ya know what the pundits were warning the republicans about and it's not over yet. Perhaps a third impeachment trial on the same article (no double jeopardy) after Trump is convicted in court might be in order, a little replay closer to the 2022 election to remind people what worms these assholes really are. As Donald's spell loosens on many voters and the schism grows in the GOP, it could get even worse for the republicans. If Joe continues to perform and deliver as president and defeats covid, the democrats could make some gains in 2022. Passing HR-1, voting rights legislation and attacking the right wing disinformation network will help them to win as well.
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GOP Image Slides Giving Democrats Strong Advantage (gallup.com)
GOP Image Slides Giving Democrats Strong Advantage
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- 37% have positive view of Republican Party, down from 43%
- 48% have positive view of Democratic Party
- Republicans' favorable rating of GOP down 12 points
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Americans' opinions of the Republican Party have worsened in recent months, with 37% now saying they have a favorable view of the party, down from 43% in November. This decline, along with a slight increase in the Democratic Party's positive ratings, to 48%, gives the Democrats a rare double-digit advantage in favorability.
Line graph. Since November, favorable ratings of the Republican Party have fallen from 43% to 37%, while favorable ratings of the Democratic Party are up from 45% to 48%.
The Jan. 21-Feb. 2 poll was conducted in the weeks after the Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol by people seeking to disrupt the counting of the 2020 presidential election electoral votes. Former president Donald Trump is on trial this week in the U.S. Senate after the House of Representatives filed impeachment charges against him for his actions leading up to those riots. Most Republicans in the House voted against impeaching Trump, and most Republican senators objected to the trial proceeding in a Jan. 26 vote on the constitutionality of convicting a former president of impeachment charges.
Since November, the GOP's image has suffered the most among Republican Party identifiers, from 90% favorable to 78%. Independents' and Democrats' opinions are essentially unchanged.
Changes in Favorable Ratings of the Republican Party, by Party Identification
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| November 2020 | February 2021 | Change |
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| % | % | Pct. Pts. |
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| U.S. adults | 43 | 37 | -6 |
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| Republicans | 90 | 78 | -12 |
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| Independents | 33 | 32 | -1 |
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| Democrats | 9 | 10 | +1 |
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| GALLUP | | | |
Meanwhile, the slight increase in positive ratings of the Democratic Party is being driven by independents, who show a seven-percentage-point jump in favorability since November, 41% to 48%. Ninety-four percent of Democrats (compared with 92% in November) and 4% of Republicans (compared with 5% in November) rate the Democratic Party favorably.
Republican Party Favorability Has Often Been Below 40%
Sub-40% favorable ratings for the Republican Party are not unusual. The last such measure was 38% in
January 2019 amid the partial federal government shutdown related to a dispute over funding for Trump's proposed southern border wall. From 2013 through 2018, the average favorable rating for the GOP was 39%.
In contrast to those generally weak ratings, in January 2020, a
slim majority of Americans viewed the Republican Party favorably while Trump was in the process of being acquitted in his first impeachment trial, and the U.S. economy was strong.
The current GOP image reading is still significantly above the party's
historical low rating of 28% from October 2013, when disputes over funding the Affordable Care Act led to a partial government shutdown. Gallup also measured a low 31% reading for the GOP in December 1998 after Bill Clinton was impeached by the Republican-led House of Representatives.
Line graph. Full trend on favorable ratings of the Republican Party. Gallup's initial favorable rating of the Republican Party in 1992 was 53%. In December 1998, its favorable rating dropped to 31%. It reached a high of 61% in early 2002 after the September 11, 2001 terror attacks. Since 2006, it has frequently been below 40%, including a low of 28% in October 2013.
Democratic Party Usually Has Edge in Favorability
The Democratic Party is typically rated more positively than the Republican Party, likely because
more Americans align themselves politically with the Democrats than the Republicans. Still, double-digit Democratic advantages have been uncommon, last occurring during the 2013 shutdown and in the months after.
Democrats also held a double-digit edge in favorability for much of George W. Bush's second term in office, in early 2004 during the Democratic presidential primaries, during the Clinton impeachment period in late 1998 and early 1999, and after the 1996 Democratic convention.
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