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- Democrats' approval rating craters to 35-year low: WSJ poll</p>
<p>Ryan KingJuly 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM</p>
<p>Wall Street Journal poll</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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%.</p>
<p>Republicans' approval rating clocked in at a net seven points unfavorable.</p>
<p>If congressional elections were held today, 46% of voters indicated they'd back a Democrat, compared to 43% who would support a Republican.</p>
<p>The poll suggests that House Democrats have their work cut out for them to ensure they can flip control of the lower chamber. AP</p>
<p>Democrats are also carefully eyeing pickup opportunities in Senate races. AP</p>
<p>A majority, 51%, also said the change Trump is bringing has resulted in dysfunction and chaos, compared to 45% who agreed the president was making positive adjustments.</p>
<p>Still, across the board, voters preferred the GOP approach over the Dem position on a range of key issues.</p>
<p>Voters trusted Republicans over Democrats on inflation by about 10 points; on immigration by 17 points; and handling illegal immigrants by 17 points, the survey found.</p>
<p>In one unique finding, respondents disapproved of Trump's tariffs by 17 points and Republicans still scored 7 points higher than Democrats on that issue.</p>
<p>"The Democratic brand is so bad that they don't have the credibility to be a critic of Trump or the Republican Party," John Anzalone, a Democratic pollster who helped conduct the survey, told the outlet.</p>
<p>"Until they reconnect with real voters and working people on who they're for and what their economic message is, they're going to have problems."</p>
<p>Anzalone teamed up with Republican Tony Fabrizio, Trump's trusted pollster during the 2024 campaign cycle, to conduct the survey for the Wall Street Journal.</p>
<p>President Trump's approval rating was underwater but higher than at this point during his first term, the poll showed. REUTERS</p>
<p>One area where congressional Democrats topped Republicans was vaccine policy and healthcare, per the poll.</p>
<p>Democrats are still reeling from their 2024 election loss, and key figures within the party have openly vented that the party doesn't have a strong message or sense of direction.</p>
<p>Typically, the party out of power in the White House is favored to have a strong performance in the midterm elections, which is why many observers believe the Democrats are well-positioned heading into 2026.</p>
<p>However, the Wall Street Journal poll shows Democrats are still remarkably anemic as the party struggles to find its footing.</p>
<p>Around this time in 2017, voters called themselves Democrats over Republicans by 6 percentage points, per the poll. Democrats later went on to flip 40 House seats in the 2018 midterm elections.</p>
<p>This go-around, Republicans have a 1-point edge in party identification over Democrats.</p>
<p>Republicans have a threadbare 219 to 212 House majority and are scrambling to defy history by retaining control during the 2026 midterms.</p>
<p>The Wall Street Journal poll sampled 1,500 registered voters between July 16–20 with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 percentage points.</p>
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