Democratic candidates have notched a series of wins in recent special elections — but a new AP-NORC poll finds views of the Democratic Party among rank-and-file Democrats have not bounced back since President Donald Trump ’s 2024 victory.
Only about 7 in 10 Democrats have a positive view of the Democratic Party, according to new polling from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. While the overwhelming majority of Democrats still feel good about their party, they’re much less positive than they’ve been in the past.
The midterm elections are still many months away, and lackluster favorability doesn’t spell electoral doom. Other factors could benefit Democrats this year, including broadly negative views of Trump and other Republicans.
But the lack of enthusiasm could be a longer-term problem for the party. Democrats’ favorability of their party plummeted after the 2024 election. And despite overwhelming victories in November’s offseason elections and a string of wins since then, those views haven’t recovered.
White House says Democratic proposal is ‘unserious’
Leavitt said during Wednesday’s briefing that the Democrats’ latest proposal to end a shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security is “unserious.”
She said White House officials, but not President Trump, has been in contact with Democratic leaders over the impasse, blaming Democrats for forcing some federal employees to work without paychecks.
“Last night, they sent over a counter proposal that, frankly, was very unserious,” Leavitt said of Democrats. “And we hope they get serious very soon because Americans are going to be impacted by this.”
White House pushes back on Zelenskyy calling Trump’s pressure on Ukraine ‘unfair’
Ukrainian President President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an interview with news site Axios on Tuesday that it’s “not fair” that Trump has persistently called on Ukraine to make concessions to Russia, but has been less forceful in his calls on President Vladimir Putin to come to the table to end Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Source: WPLG
