GOP now the most unpopular party ever measured by Gallup

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by: Colorado Pols

By Travis Gettys,

The Republican Party has recorded the lowest favorability rating for a political party ever measured by Gallup.

The polling company found the GOP’s favorability rating had dropped 10 percent, from 38 percent last month to 28 percent last week, in the wake of the government shutdown over the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.

The Democratic Party dropped from a 47 percent favorability rating to 43 percent over the same period.

A record-high 62 percent of Americans view the GOP unfavorably, compared to 49 percent who view the Democratic Party negatively.

About 25 percent view both parties unfavorably.

Self-identified Republicans are twice as likely (27 percent) to view their own party unfavorably, compared to 13 percent of Democrats who feel the same way.

About one-third (32 percent) of independents view the Democratic Party favorably, compared to 27 percent who view the Republican Party favorably.

9 thoughts on “GOP now the most unpopular party ever measured by Gallup”

bullshit! says:

October 10, 2013 at 1:20 pm

Stay the course, Republicans!

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1. Davie says:
  
  October 10, 2013 at 9:28 pm
  
  Rest assured, the Republicans are digging as fast as they can!
  
  The Republican Party has been "badly damaged" by the government shutdown, according to an NBC/Wall Street Journal poll released Thursday evening, which finds public opinion souring on the GOP and some of its core positions.
  
  Americans blamed Republicans over President Barack Obama for the shutdown by a margin of 22 percentage points, with 53 percent saying the GOP deserved more blame, and 31 percent saying Obama did. Approval ratings for the Republican Party and the tea party were at 24 percent and 21 percent respectively — both record lows as measured by NBC/WSJ.
  
  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/10/poll-republican-shutdown_n_4080942.html?utm_hp_ref=politics
  
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Diogenesdemar says:

October 10, 2013 at 1:39 pm

Leadership . . .

Earlier today I was reading a NYT article about this debacle and about Boehner having some concerns about his having a legacy.

I think Boehner has pretty much cemented a legacy for all times — Boehner's in the history books as being the George W. Bush of House Speakers.

(Untrustworthy; out of touch with reality; spineless; living in a bubble; led around by clearly devious underlings without a clue of his own, or any ability to control them; a self-known weakling who wants to pretend he's a giant; hated and despised for what he really is by "friends" and "foes" alike; a man who will be loudly and soundly repudiated for his weaknesses by his own party not even two minutes after his stained and sorry tenure has ended . . . )

If this guy wasn't such a fucking complete disaster for the entire country, you'd just have to love having him as your opponent . . .

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Moderatus says:

October 10, 2013 at 1:50 pm

Yes, in the eyes of the fickle American public, today the GOP isn't very popular. Overall neither party is, but the GOP takes it harder. I attribute that to an effective liberal media establishment, aided by a small number of idiots in the GOP hogging the spotlight.

One thing I find interesting on Gallup chart is that the last big falloff of support in 1999 was quickly followed by a sharp uptick in support for the GOP. What this tells me is that the voters mood affects both parties based on outside circumstances.

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1. BlueCat says:
  
  October 10, 2013 at 2:29 pm
  
  You just hang on to that happy thought.
  
  And keep thinking it's only a few idiots.
  
  And that the public is placing most of the blame on Republicans because of the liberal media instead of the facts in front of their faces.
  
  You don't get to set government shutdown as your goal, dance and rejoice over the shutdown, claim the effects won't even be noticeable and then, when the effects become very noticeable and hurt things you like or people you pretend to support, like vets, and you apparently realize for the first time that those are the things the government does and therefore get stopped by a government shutdown, you don't get to switch to … The shutdown is terrible and the Liberals did it.
  
  Even most of the generally politically clueless American public isn't quite that clueless.
  
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2. Gray in Mountains says:
  
  October 10, 2013 at 3:23 pm
  
  moderatus-Note also in the time frame you reference, both parties had favorability above 50%
  
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3. BlueCat says:
  
  October 10, 2013 at 11:43 pm
  
  Here's some more good news for you Modster. It might explain why the GOTP is in the process of caving. The new talking point is … hey, we never wanted a government shutdown. Too bad for them all that stuff about being giddy over it is on video. But I digress…..
  
  The Republican Party has been "badly damaged" by the government shutdown, according to an NBC/Wall Street Journal poll released Thursday evening, which finds public opinion souring on the GOP and some of its core positions.
  
  Americans blamed Republicans over President Barack Obama for the shutdown by a margin of 22 percentage points, with 53 percent saying the GOP deserved more blame, and 31 percent saying Obama did. Approval ratings for the Republican Party and the tea party were at 24 percent and 21 percent respectively — both record lows as measured by NBC/WSJ.
  
  Democrats aren't wildly popular either. Obama's approval rating is a marginally positive 47 percent, while the Democratic Party is at 39 percent, and congressional Democrats are at 36 percent.
  
  A slim plurality of Americans say Obama should negotiate with Republicans, even before they agree to a deal that reopens the government or raises the debt ceiling. The president's approval has remained stable since the shutdown, and there are signs that Democrats may get a boost from the shutdown's political effects.
  
  Voters were 8 points more likely to say they'd prefer a Democratic-controlled Congress over a Republican-controlled Congress, a 5-point shift toward the Democrats since last month. Support for the new health care law, the touchstone of the government shutdown, rose a net 8 points from September, while the belief that government should do more to solve problems was up 8 points from June.
  
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EccentricRepublican says:

October 10, 2013 at 4:47 pm

Naturally, I don't believe it.

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ClubTwitty says:

October 10, 2013 at 5:36 pm

From 1999 until 2002, when GOP began sliding again in a steady downward path before plunging into the abyss with hemorroids and dog poo on Boehner's watch, I can think of a couple notable events. One happened in November 2000, and another less than a year later on a beautiful late summer morning… The general trajectory of the GOP is clear, dwindling support among more and more Americans, isolation into backwaters where poeple talk seriously about forming another state to better be able to love their guns and hate the gays… fear of the Mexican/Muslim/Gubmint menace… afraid. Afraid of change, its inevitability… decline.

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