Four of Ten Republicans Have Dim View of Their Party

June 11, 2009 10:54 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)

As the public popularity of Republicans wanes, a sizable chunk of people who identify themselves as Republicans - 38 percent - also have an unfavorable opinion of their party, according to a Gallup poll conducted May 29-31. Democrats, on the over hand, are pretty pleased with themselves with 89 percent having a favorable view of their party.

Overall, 34 percent of Americans have a favorable view of the GOP compared to 59 percent who do not. In 2003, the reverse was true with 56 percent having a favorable view and 33 percent a negative one. Democrats are viewed favorably by 53 percent to 41 percent with the closest they came to slipping into negative territory being 2005.

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Why do only 38% of Republicans have an unfavorable view of their party? Are the other 62% so unrealistic as to believe that the party appeals to the majority of the voters? Perhaps the 62% is concentrated in the South and West, where the party has had political success, so that the Republicans there are not aware of how much, and the reasons why, their party is viewed with unfavorably in the rest of the country

Posted by: HERLING1 | June 11, 2009 11:48 AM

Sorry, I meant to ask why even 38% of the Republicans view their party favorably.

Posted by: HERLING1 | June 11, 2009 11:50 AM