CNN Poll: Democratic Party’s favorability drops to a record low

[Hollie]

the first 100 days often represent the “high water mark” of a presidency and a new leader can use the goodwill of this “honeymoon phase” to advance the agenda that won them the election. But not President Donald Trump.

“As we approach the end of Trump’s first 100 days, it seems he was pretty quick to squander whatever goodwill he came in with, and that’s not just me saying it,” Psaki said on Sunday. “Poll after poll after poll ― and I literally mean, there’s so many of them ― is making that all perfectly clear.”

Trump's at 39% approval

It’s predictable that a thread having nothing to do with Trump would cause you to introduce your man-crush on Trump as your life is consumed by everything Trump related.

 

[scruffy]

If CNN is admitting the Dems favorability is at 29%, the real number is probably less than half that.

I figure it this way - no Democrat is going to approve of Trump, and no Republican is going to approve of the Democrats.

So right off the bat, we start with 50/50. 50% approval means that 100% of your own party approved of you - which is a very good rating.

In the case of Trump, he's at 44%, which means about 2x6 = 12% of the Republican party doesn't approve of him. That sounds about right. Never-Trumpers and Neo-Cons put together probably constitute 10-15% of the party, and they don't approve of Trump. The rest of the party does though (2x44 = 88%), which is still very good.

In the case of the Democrats, they have a real problem. Let's use round numbers and be generous and say their approval is 30%. That means 2x30 = 60% of their own party approves of them, and 2x20 = 40% doesn't. That's huge. If 40% of your own party disapproves of you, it's a real problem.

I don't know quite how to figure that one. There aren't 40% Bernie supporters, 40% of the party isn't socialists. Maybe if you put together ALL the super-left types you might hit 40%, but even that would be stretching it. It tells me that there's genuine disaffection among mainstream Democrats, which are the bread and butter of both the voting base and the financial base. It seems to me mainstream Democrats have grown very weary of the focus on "get Trump". There's just too many problems, in every Democrat population center in America (which is most of the big population centers, and even most of the little ones).

 

[JohnDB]

 

[LeftofLeft]

No kidding the youth vote is something to ponder. Dems used to pretty much own that vote - but not anymore!

Remember when the Dems thought it would be smooth sailing for them once all the stodgy old conservatives died off? Then along came Trump and all that has changed. In fact, I think Dems sometimes poll a bit higher than the GOP with the oldest crowd now, but the GOP has gained ground with the younger and middle aged groups. The unexpectedly big share of the youth vote Trump received was really good news for the future, IMO!

Democrats never had a problem with Trump until he wanted to become President. Democrats cashed his checks and enjoyed it when he took to the airwaves and bashed Bush and Cheney.

 

[LeftofLeft]

Democrats refuse to listen to what matters most to Americans. Instead, Democrats insist on dictating to Americans what should matter most and the 2024 Election proved that.

 

[Independent thinker]

I figure it this way - no Democrat is going to approve of Trump, and no Republican is going to approve of the Democrats.

So right off the bat, we start with 50/50. 50% approval means that 100% of your own party approved of you - which is a very good rating.

In the case of Trump, he's at 44%, which means about 2x6 = 12% of the Republican party doesn't approve of him. That sounds about right. Never-Trumpers and Neo-Cons put together probably constitute 10-15% of the party, and they don't approve of Trump. The rest of the party does though (2x44 = 88%), which is still very good.

In the case of the Democrats, they have a real problem. Let's use round numbers and be generous and say their approval is 30%. That means 2x30 = 60% of their own party approves of them, and 2x20 = 40% doesn't. That's huge. If 40% of your own party disapproves of you, it's a real problem.

I don't know quite how to figure that one. There aren't 40% Bernie supporters, 40% of the party isn't socialists. Maybe if you put together ALL the super-left types you might hit 40%, but even that would be stretching it. It tells me that there's genuine disaffection among mainstream Democrats, which are the bread and butter of both the voting base and the financial base. It seems to me mainstream Democrats have grown very weary of the focus on "get Trump". There's just too many problems, in every Democrat population center in America (which is most of the big population centers, and even most of the little ones).

Great numbers. You put a lot of thought into that. And, so true!