Democrat Party Popularity Hits All-Time Low

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<> on November 2, 2017 in Washington, DC.

Tuesday was a big night for Democrats, wasn’t it?

They won key races in New Jersey and Virginia, with Phil Murphy becoming the new governor of New Jersey, and Ralph Northam becoming governor of Virginia. Murphy’s win was expected, running in a heavily blue state where the current Republican governor (Chris Christie) is among the least popular in the country. In Virginia, meanwhile, the race was much more contested, and heated, as there was a strong smear campaign against Republican challenger Ed Gillespie. In Virginia, Democrat turnout was higher across the board, particularly in the suburbs around D.C.

A group called Latino Victory Fund released a now-infamous anti-Gillespie ad which depicted a Gillespie supporter chasing down minorities in a truck. The ad was retracted only after the NYC terror attack – not because of the bipartisan backlash. While there were many attempts to portray Gillespie as “racist” over his strong stances on illegal immigration, Northam himself said that if there was ever an attempt to establish a sanctuary city in Virginia that he’d ban them.

Virginia also elected its first openly transgender state lawmaker, electing Democrat Danica Roem to the state’s House of Delegates. Overall, Democrats nationwide won 22 other seats at the state and local level on Tuesday.

While it’s a Democrat sweep for sure, it does need to be put in perspective. By the end of Obama’s second term, Republicans added 1,030 combined seats to their nationwide tally during his eight years in office, seats ranging from state legislatures, governorships, upward to Congress and now even the White House. Since then Republicans have also won all special elections, and prior to the two gubernatorial losses, gained one governorship as West Virginia’s Jim Justice changed parties.

And where have their victories since then taken place? In a solidly-blue state, and light-blue state, in off-year cycle elections. Many of the seats won by Democrats yesterday were in liberal cities.

It’s next year’s congressional elections, that’ll be the real test, and so far, the numbers don’t look great for Democrats. According to HotAir, “only 37% of Americans have a favorable opinion of Democrats, down from 44% in March of this year. A majority, 54%, have an unfavorable view, matching their highest mark in polls from CNN and SSRS, CNN/ORC and CNN/USA Today/Gallup stretching back to 1992.”

More from the report: “The rating includes low favorable ratings from some core Democratic groups, including nonwhites (48%) and people under 35 years old (33%). The numbers come amid recent feuds and divisions in the Democratic Party, as former interim chair Donna Brazile’s new book has unveiled new questions about infighting during the 2016 presidential campaign…”

In other words, campaigning as part of the anti-Trump “resistance” requires one to do so under the banner of a Party that polls lower than the President.

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By Matt

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