Democrats are deeply despondent about the future of their party, according to new polling from the Associated Press and the NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
It’s not surprising that they would feel this way. They got clobbered in the November election by a man they tried to destroy through every means at their disposal. They lost the House, the Senate, and the White House.
The funny thing about the poll is that some Democrats are bummed out because they think the party isn’t doing enough to fight Trump. They don’t seem to understand that this is one of the main reasons why they are in the dumps in the first place.
They might manage to poll better if they lay off the constant Trump attacks and tried to offer ideas and solutions to the American people, but they just seem incapable of doing so. They can’t escape the trap of their Trump Derangement Syndrome.
The Associated Press reports:
Democrats are deeply pessimistic about the future of their party, an AP-NORC poll finds
Six months after Donald Trump’s presidential victory, Democrats remain deeply pessimistic about the future of their party, although neither the Democratic Party nor the Republican Party is viewed favorably by a majority of U.S. adults.
A new poll conducted earlier this month by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that only about one-third of Democrats are “very optimistic” or even “somewhat optimistic” about their party’s future. That’s down sharply from July 2024, when about 6 in 10 Democrats said they had a positive outlook.
“I’m not real high on Democrats right now,” said poll respondent Damien Williams, a 48-year-old Democrat from Cahokia Heights, Illinois. “To me, they’re not doing enough to push back against Trump.”
The poll comes at a critical moment for the Democratic Party, which is desperately seeking momentum after losing the White House and both chambers of Congress in last fall’s general election. In the survey, Democrats offer mixed reviews for some of their party’s best-known elected officials — including Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, both of New York — while reporting significant concerns about how leaders are chosen in the U.S. political system.
This is one of the reasons why it’s laugh-out-loud funny when liberals in the media try to push the false narrative that Trump supporters regret their vote for Trump. Unlike Democrats, Trump supporters are very optimistic about the future right now. The Republican party can always use some improvements, but for the first time in a long time, most people on the right are excited about what’s to come next.
