Poll: Growing Number Of Americans Identify As Democrats

 

We're 58 days until the mid-term elections (early voting notwithstanding), and things aren't shaping up too well for the cult/ party of the Malignant Fascist (our emphasis):

A growing number of Americans now identify as Democrats, a shift that presents fresh political headwinds for President Donald Trump and the Republican party ahead of the November midterms, according to a new poll.

The latest Gallup data shows 31 percent of U.S. adults identified as Democrats in the second quarter of 2026, compared with 25 percent who identify as Republicans.

That six-point advantage is the largest Democratic lead in party identification in more than a decade. 

The findings add to recent signs of political trouble for Trump, whose approval ratings remain near historic lows. His tariffs, a central pillar of his economic policy, are broadly unpopular and were recently limited by the Supreme Court. The war with Iran, one of the major initiatives of his second term, has continued for months with no clear end in sight; multiple polls show most Americans oppose the conflict.

With polling trends moving against them, some Republican lawmakers and strategists have warned about a potential shellacking in the midterms, which historically see the president’s party lose seats in Congress.

In the Gallup survey, Democrats’ advantage widened further when independents — who accounted for 44 percent of respondents — were asked which major party they leaned toward.

Forty-nine percent of respondents identified as Democrats or leaned Democratic, compared with 39 percent who identified as or leaned Republican, a 10-point gap and the largest since 2008.

A year ago, by comparison, the margin was far narrower: 46 percent identified or leaned Democratic, versus 43 percent for Republicans.

But wait!  The Malignant Fascist is coming to the rescue!  Please proceed!

With the midterm elections — which will decide control of the House and Senate — now fast approaching, Trump has signaled he will campaign nationwide for Republicans.

He has largely framed the vote as a referendum on himself. “Pretend I’m on the ballot,” he told Fox News in August. This month, he is also set to host the first-ever GOP midterm convention.

Some Republican lawmakers, however, have indicated they do not want the commander in chief campaigning alongside them. “We've told them he cannot come,” a senior Republican working on a competitive House race told Politico this week. "Candidly, he would not be helpful here."

We have more work to do to make sure the polls and predictions underestimate the size of the Democratic victory in November.  We don't think this is one election Democrats will, or can afford to, take for granted.