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Democrats’ approval rating craters to
35-year low: WSJ poll

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Posted By: Dreadnought, 7/26/2025 3:29:11 PM

Democrats’ approval rating with registered voters has plunged to a 35-year low, while Republicans maintain an edge on most of the top issues Americans care about, a new poll found. A whopping 63% of registered voters view Democrats unfavorably, dramatically eclipsing the 33% who had a positive impression, marking the lowest rating they scored since 1990, according to a Wall Street Journal survey. That abysmal rating for Democrats comes against the backdrop of lackluster figures for President Trump and Republicans. Trump’s approval rating sits at 46%, with 52% who disapprove of the commander in chief. The figure is higher than this point during his first term, which was 40%.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Dreadnought 7/26/2025 3:39:33 PM (No. 1982968)
Slouching toward Bethlehem to be born.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: kono 7/26/2025 4:09:21 PM (No. 1982978)
Confirmation bias inclines me to believe this. But that's not enough to overcome my fundamental scorn for polls and their reports. Polls, schmolls.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: FJB 2022 23 24 7/26/2025 5:01:13 PM (No. 1983003)
Send this one too, to Jessica Tarlov!
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Birddog 7/26/2025 8:17:11 PM (No. 1983051)
What were the poll numbers the day BEFORE the prior two elections? Compare/contrast that to the only poll that counts....the actual vote numbers. Apply that same "Correction" to these poll numbers and it might actually mean something. That something is likely to be a Repub victory across the board....again..
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Reply 5 - Posted by: hershey 7/26/2025 8:51:06 PM (No. 1983057)
Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of lying, cheating, scum....
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Reply 6 - Posted by: paral04 7/26/2025 9:12:46 PM (No. 1983063)
That's is why the democrats are hell bent in letting illegals vote after making sure the illegals get lots of American taxpayer stuff and convince them that they are providing it.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: billa57 7/26/2025 9:30:59 PM (No. 1983065)
They keep doubling down on the lies and they keep demanding everybody believe them. It's what they have always done, that will no longer work.
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