Democratic Party Favorability Trend

Democratic Party Favorability Trend

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    Respondents were asked, "Please tell us whether you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, neither favorable nor unfavorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable opinion of the Democratic Party." 
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overallFavorableUnfavorableNeither
November 201532%52%12%
February 201633%48%14%
June 201630%50%12%
October 201632%51%12%
February 201836%47%11%
June 201837%49%9%
February 201937%50%9%
August 202134%54%12%
April 202234%53%12%
August 202239%49%12%
October 202240%49%12%
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    Respondents were asked, "Please tell us whether you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, neither favorable nor unfavorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable opinion of the Democratic Party." Measurement of Party ID for this figure is based on two questions. First, respondents were asked whether they consider themselves to be a Democrats, Republicans, independents, other, or not sure. Those who responded that they are independents or "other" were then asked if they lean toward either the Democrats or Republicans. If they indicated that they lean toward one party or the other, they are considered Democrats or Republicans for the purposes of this figure. Only "pure" independents or members of a third party who indicate that they have no preference for Democrats vis-a-vis Republicans are considered independents . Respondents who answered that they are "not sure" for either of the two aforementioned questions are not incorporated into this figure.
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partyidDemocratIndependentRepublican
November 201574%11%4%
February 201673%10%3%
June 201674%13%4%
October 201656%6%2%
February 201875%14%5%
June 201879%9%5%
February 201980%14%5%
August 202176%14%4%
April 202278%14%4%
August 202278%8%9%
October 202283%16%8%
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    Respondents were asked, "Please tell us whether you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, neither favorable nor unfavorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable opinion of the Democratic Party." Party identification is calculated according to the PID7 variable, a seven point scale of party identification.
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demidLean DemocratNot very strong DemocratStrong Democrat
November 201547%70%90%
February 201648%68%70%
June 201658%61%89%
October 201657%63%93%
February 201864%64%87%
June 201858%76%92%
February 201965%73%90%
August 202147%70%89%
April 202257%64%93%
August 202256%73%91%
October 202269%65%96%
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    Respondents were asked, "Please tell us whether you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, neither favorable nor unfavorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable opinion of the Democratic Party." Party identification is calculated according to the PID7 variable, a seven point scale of party identification.
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gopidLean RepublicanNot very strong RepublicanStrong Republican
November 20156%4%1%
February 20164%7%2%
June 20162%4%4%
October 20162%3%1%
February 20180%6%7%
June 20182%8%5%
February 20194%9%4%
August 20216%6%2%
April 20224%9%2%
August 202210%12%8%
October 20226%17%5%
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    Respondents were asked, "Please tell us whether you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, neither favorable nor unfavorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable opinion of the Democratic Party."  Ideology is measured on a scale of 1-7, with 1 corresponding to "extremely liberal", 7 corresponding to "extremely conservative, and 4 corresponding to "in the middle." For the purposes of this table, respondents who placed themselves at or between points 1 and 3 on the scale are considered "liberal," respondents who placed themselves at point 4 on the scale are considered "moderate," and respondents who placed themselves at or between points 5 and 7 on the scale are considered conservative.
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ideologyLiberalsModeratesConservatives
November 201554%39%8%
February 201672%41%11%
June 201673%38%7%
October 201674%39%8%
February 201876%40%13%
June 201874%41%9%
February 201979%35%10%
August 202169%44%6%
April 202272%42%6%
August 202275%41%12%
October 202281%44%9%
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    Respondents were asked, "Please tell us whether you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, neither favorable nor unfavorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable opinion of the Democratic Party." The ideology measure is based on respondent self-placement in response to the following question: "On a scale from 1 to 7, where 1 is extremely liberal, 7 is extremely conservative, and 4 is exactly in the middle, where would you place yourself?" The placements are further classified such that 1 is extremely liberal, 2 is very liberal, 3 is somewhat liberal, 4 is moderate, 5 is somewhat conservative, 6 is very conservative, and 7 is extremely conservative.
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liberalismLeaning liberalSomewhat liberalExtremely liberal
November 201570%80%74%
February 201667%81%66%
June 201656%80%76%
October 201668%80%74%
February 201868%76%80%
June 201863%75%83%
February 201956%82%84%
August 202162%69%76%
April 202256%83%71%
August 202271%78%77%
October 202264%84%82%
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    Respondents were asked, "Please tell us whether you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, neither favorable nor unfavorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable opinion of the Democratic Party." The ideology measure is based on respondent self-placement in response to the following question: "On a scale from 1 to 7, where 1 is extremely liberal, 7 is extremely conservative, and 4 is exactly in the middle, where would you place yourself?" The placements are further classified such that 1 is extremely liberal, 2 is very liberal, 3 is somewhat liberal, 4 is moderate, 5 is somewhat conservative, 6 is very conservative, and 7 is extremely conservative.
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conservatismLeaning conservativeSomewhat conservativeExtremely conservative
November 201512%8%6%
February 201614%11%9%
June 20169%3%11%
October 20166%9%7%
February 201819%12%9%
June 20189%8%10%
February 201922%10%5%
August 20217%5%7%
April 202212%5%3%
August 202220%11%5%
October 202226%5%3%
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    Respondents were asked, "Please tell us whether you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, neither favorable nor unfavorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable opinion of the Democratic Party." Race is calculated according to the race variable.
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raceWhiteBlackHispanic
November 201520%67%45%
February 201621%70%48%
June 201619%72%39%
October 201619%81%39%
February 201827%64%47%
June 201828%68%43%
February 201927%66%64%
August 202126%65%39%
April 202226%67%39%
August 202229%67%46%
October 202233%60%45%
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    Respondents were asked, "Please tell us whether you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, neither favorable nor unfavorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable opinion of the Democratic Party." Gender is calculated according to the GENDER variable.
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genderMaleFemale
November 201529%35%
February 201630%36%
June 201629%33%
October 201629%35%
February 201836%38%
June 201833%40%
February 201935%39%
August 202131%37%
April 202232%37%
August 202237%40%
October 202237%41%
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    Respondents were asked, "Please tell us whether you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, neither favorable nor unfavorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable opinion of the Democratic Party." Community is based on the following question, " Would you say that you live in an urban, suburban, or rural community?"
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locationUrbanSuburbanRural
November 201539%32%23%
February 201642%31%27%
June 201638%31%20%
October 201645%29%22%
February 201849%31%24%
June 201848%34%24%
February 201950%35%22%
August 202145%31%24%
April 202245%35%19%
August 202255%34%26%
October 202253%39%21%
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    Respondents were asked, "Please tell us whether you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, neither favorable nor unfavorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable opinion of the Democratic Party." Age is calculated according to the AGEG variable. 
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age group18-2930-4445-6565+
November 201538%39%31%25%
February 201643%32%33%31%
June 201637%33%26%32%
October 201627%38%29%33%
February 201837%36%40%33%
June 201836%43%34%33%
February 201934%43%34%29%
August 202130%37%33%35%
April 202233%37%33%35%
August 202246%38%35%38%
October 202254%39%35%35%
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    Respondents were asked, "Please tell us whether you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, neither favorable nor unfavorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable opinion of the Democratic Party." Education is calculated according to the EDUC variable.
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educationNo high schoolHigh school graduateSome college2-year4-yearPost-grad
November 201535%32%33%33%33%27%
February 201641%35%33%33%29%35%
June 201618%30%41%43%32%31%
October 201635%32%28%40%34%31%
February 201858%39%31%29%36%43%
June 201823%39%33%36%34%50%
February 201938%32%36%32%40%47%
August 202134%34%28%38%35%39%
April 202216%35%35%34%34%37%
August 202234%43%32%34%40%42%
October 202228%36%42%39%39%49%
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    Respondents were asked, "Please tell us whether you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, neither favorable nor unfavorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable opinion of the Democratic Party." Religiosity is calculated according to the IMPORT variable.
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religiosityExtremely importantSomewhat importantNot very importantNot at all important
November 201529%32%38%44%
February 201630%33%39%42%
June 201629%29%28%39%
October 201630%29%30%46%
February 201830%32%41%58%
June 201829%39%38%47%
February 201928%37%43%54%
August 202128%31%41%46%
April 202226%38%37%45%
August 202231%37%43%52%
October 202228%42%37%59%
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    Respondents were asked, "Please tell us whether you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, neither favorable nor unfavorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable opinion of the Democratic Party." Fundamentalism is calculated according to the LITERAL variable.
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The Bible is the word of God, to be taken literallyThe Bible is the word of God, not to be taken literallyThe Bible is a book written by man
November 201528%30%36%
February 201633%31%45%
June 201630%27%43%
October 201632%27%42%
February 201832%31%59%
June 201831%34%52%
February 201926%35%56%
August 202130%28%50%
April 202228%29%49%
August 202233%33%34%
October 202234%34%57%

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