Record Gap in Party Favorability Ratings Democratic Party Republican Party
As Republican and Democratic leaders in Congress battle over President Barack Obama’s economic stimulus package, the latest survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press finds the Democratic Party with a vast favorability advantage over the GOP. More than six-in-ten Americans (62%) say they have a positive opinion of the Democratic Party, compared with 40% who say they have a favorable opinion of the Republican Party.
Record Gap in Party Favorability Ratings  | Democratic Party  | Republican Party  | 65  | 65 55 45 You  | 62  | 45  | 40  | 35  | 2006  | 1994  | 9/11101  | Jan  | midterm  | attacks  | midterm 2009  | 25  | 1992  | 2009 