From the Wall Street Journal: The Democratic Party’s image has eroded to its lowest point in more than three decades, according to a new Wall Street Journal poll, with voters seeing Republicans as better at handling most issues that decide elections.
The new survey finds that 63% of voters hold an unfavorable view of the Democratic Party—the highest share in Journal polls dating to 1990 and 30 percentage points higher than the 33% who hold a favorable view.
That is a far weaker assessment than voters give to either President Trump or the Republican Party, who are viewed more unfavorably than favorably by 7 points and 11 points, respectively. A mere 8% of voters view the Democrats “very favorably,” compared with 19% who show that level of enthusiasm for the GOP.
Democrats have been hoping that a voter backlash against the president will be powerful enough to restore their majority in the House in next year’s midterm elections, much as it did during Trump’s first term. But the Journal poll shows that the party hasn’t yet accomplished a needed first step in that plan: persuading voters they can do a better job than Trump’s party.
According to the the Wall Street Journal poll, voters overall claim they disapprove of the way President Trump is handling the economy, inflation, tariffs and foreign policy.
But, the poll also found that voters trust Republicans more than Democrats to handle each one of those same issues.
New WSJ poll: The Democratic Party is 30 points under water with registered voters, considerably worse than the GOP (-11). https://t.co/pYOSfd3J2x pic.twitter.com/CWkGSGMWw8
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) July 26, 2025
Democrats Get Lowest Rating From Voters in 35 Years, WSJ Poll Findshttps://t.co/ABDuee0uel
— Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) July 26, 2025
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