CNN data analyst Harry Enten gave embattled Democras even more bad news during a live segment on Monday, noting that fresh polling data show that the party’s current approval rating is at an all-time low. “Democrats, call your office. Terrible, terrible, terrible, to quote the great Charles Barkley. ‘View Democratic Party,’ favorably: CNN/SSRS, 29%. NBC News, you wanna go lower than that? How about 27%? Both are record lows,” he said to begin the segment.
“The lowest going back to 1992 in CNN polling. The lowest going back on record to 1990 in NBC News polling,” he continued. “The majority of Americans hold an unfavorable or negative view of the Democratic Party at this point. All I can say is I’m a big fan of the oldies, so ‘How low can you go?’ What about congressional Democrats specifically? You think these numbers are low? How about this one. Holy Toledo. Voters’ views of the Democrats in Congress among all voters — disapprove, 68%. And look at the approved number, just 21%, even lower than the Democratic Party at large. This is the lowest on record for Democrats according to Quinnipiac University polling.”
Enten added: “You think these numbers are bad? Let’s go to this side of the screen. We’ll look at how Democratic voters feel. Get this. The plurality of Democratic voters disapprove of Democrats in Congress at 49% and just 40% approved. Horrible, horrible, horrible. Oh my goodness gracious. You just can’t get worse than these numbers.”
The data analyst then sought to explain the horrific approval rating. “What is going on? I’ll tell you what’s going on. They don’t like what’s coming out of some of those Senate Democrats like Chuck Schumer, because take a look at the direction of the party. Democratic voters on Democrats in Congress. ‘Doing too little to oppose Donald Trump,’ look at this, 77%.
“‘Should stay principled (even if it means nothing gets done in Washington, DC),’ 65%. And this 65% is such a difference from where we were in 2017 at this point when just 33% of Democrats stated should say principled, compared to 59% who said they wanna compromise. Democrats do not want compromise at this point. They want a fighter,” he added.
