Yet, in the past, party favorability ratings have not proven to be strongly related to election outcomes, nor have the questions gauging party preference for keeping the U.S. Given that Americans have historically rated the Democratic Party more favorably than the Republican Party, this year’s opposite finding may be of particular concern to the Democrats, who are trying to hold on to their House majority in the upcoming midterm elections. Ninety-four percent of Republicans, 47% of independents and 9% of Democrats give the Republican Party the advantage on keeping the nation prosperous. adults who believe the GOP is the better choice ties the highest on record for the party. from foreign threats.Īt a time when Americans are worried about inflation and the nation’s economy in general, the public sees the Republican Party as better able to keep the country prosperous, by a 10-point margin. Nearly all Republicans (95%), 57% of independents and 12% of Democrats give the GOP the edge on protecting the U.S. Since 2002, the GOP has outpaced the Democratic Party by an average nine points on this measure. While both readings are statistically similar to last year’s, the latest data represent the highest percentage recorded for the Republican Party. from international terrorism and military threats, 57% versus 37%. GOP Maintains Advantage on Protecting Country and Ensuring Its ProsperityĪmericans are significantly more likely to view the Republican Party than the Democratic Party as better at protecting the U.S. While the Democratic Party has held an edge over the Republican Party among independents since 2008, this is the second consecutive year that both parties are at parity among this group. Since 2008, favorability among partisans has averaged 88% for the Democratic Party and 82% for the Republican Party.įor their part, independents hold equally low opinions of both major parties, as 34% view each favorably. While Republicans’ favorable rating of the GOP is essentially unchanged from last year, Democrats’ rating of their own party has fallen eight points to the lowest reading of Joe Biden’s presidency. More than eight in 10 rank-and-file Republicans (87%) and Democrats (84%) view their own parties favorably.
Partisans Hold Equally Positive Views of Their Own Parties The latest favorable rating of the Republican Party matches the trend average since 1992, while the Democratic Party’s current rating is 12 points below the 51% average and the worst since March 2015. From mid-2006 through mid-2009, Democrats received consistently positive views from between 51% and 57% of Americans. Aside from a single 51% rating for each party in the past decade - for the Democrats in November 2012 and for the Republicans in January 2020 - neither party has enjoyed majority-level favorability in more than a decade.
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