Democrat Disaster: Poll Shows Party Imploding as Even Their Own Voters Turn Away

Washington, D.C. — The Democrat Party is in freefall. A stunning new Quinnipiac poll released this week paints a grim picture for the left, revealing that less than one in five Americans approves of the job Democrats are doing in Congress — the worst numbers on record since the pollster began tracking such sentiment in 2009.

The data is not just bad — it’s catastrophic. According to the survey, a meager 19% of registered voters approve of congressional Democrats, while a staggering 72% disapprove. Even more telling: a majority of Democrat voters themselves — 52% — say they disapprove of their own party’s lawmakers. Only 39% expressed approval, and 9% couldn’t be bothered to pick a side.

Let that sink in: More Democrats disapprove of congressional Democrats than approve. That is nothing short of an existential crisis for a party that has spent years lurching toward the radical fringe, abandoning common sense, middle-class values, and national unity in favor of identity politics, bureaucratic overreach, and globalist agendas.

Quinnipiac polling analyst Tim Malloy didn’t sugarcoat the disaster: “If the approval numbers for Republicans are bad … then the approval numbers for Democrats can be characterized as flat-out terrible.”

This isn't just a rough patch — it's an all-out collapse. The Democratic Party is eating itself alive, torn between a rudderless establishment and an increasingly radical activist base.

Months of infighting, leadership failures, and directionless messaging have left the party adrift. They have no clear leader heading into 2028. Joe Biden is a lame duck, Vice President Kamala Harris is polling underwater, and the party’s bench is either too old, too woke, or both. According to CNN and NBC polls earlier this year, overall Democrat favorability has plummeted below 30%. And in a recent Reuters/Ipsos poll, 62% of Democrat voters said they want new leadership — an open revolt by any measure.

While Republicans still face challenges of their own — 33% of voters approve of congressional GOP lawmakers — they remain in comparatively stronger shape. Among Republican voters, a commanding 77% approve of their party’s congressional performance.

And it’s not just public opinion shifting — money is following the momentum. In Q2 of 2025, the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) raised $32.3 million, outpacing the Democrats' $29.1 million haul. Year-to-date, the GOP has pulled in $69 million, topping the DCCC’s $66 million.

The Democrat Party’s unraveling is on full display. Their base is fractured, their leadership is stale and uninspiring, and their hard-left drift is pushing working-class Americans out the door.

If this poll is any indication, the American people — including lifelong Democrats — are waking up. The far-left experiment has failed. It's time for real leadership, real accountability, and a return to the American values that built this nation.

2026 is coming. And the red wave is already building.