Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries speak at a press conference at the Capitol on June 11, 2025. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Since President Donald Trump's return to power earlier this year, an increasingly energized base of Democrats is urging party leaders to take a stronger stand in pushing back against the president's sweeping and controversial second-term agenda. Their anger is directed not only at Republicans, but at Democrats they feel aren't vocal enough in their opposition to Trump.
And that's fueled a plunge in the Democratic Party's favorable ratings, which have hit historic lows in several surveys this year.
FOUR MONTHS INTO TRUMP'S SECOND TERM, DEMOCRATS REMAIN DEEPLY PESSIMISTIC ABOUT THEIR PARTY
The trend is reflected in the new Quinnipiac poll, which was conducted July 10-14.
Just 39% of Democrats approve of the way Democrats in Congress are handling their jobs, with 52% disapproving and 9% not offering an opinion.
"The approval numbers for Democrats can be characterized as flat out terrible," Quinnipiac University polling analyst Tim Malloy said.
President Donald Trump signed the GOP's domestic policy bill, called the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, at the White House on the Fourth of July. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
Trump's approval ratings were in positive territory during the first weeks of his second tour of duty in the White House. But the president's poll numbers have been underwater in most, but not all, of the latest national surveys.
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Presidential and congressional approval ratings have long been closely watched barometers ahead of a midterm election.
Republicans will be defending their slim House and Senate majorities in next year's midterms, and will also be facing traditional headwinds that hamper the party in power.
Paul Steinhauser is a politics reporter based in the swing state of New Hampshire. He covers the campaign trail from coast to coast."
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