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October 8, 2026

With Americans in a Sour Mood, Democratic Voters Are More Engaged in Midterms

Appendix: Additional Charts

Name: Majorities of Americans continue to view both the Republican and Democratic parties unfavorably
Creator: Pew Research Center
Published: 2026-10-08
License: https://www.pewresearch.org/terms-and-conditions/

By Jocelyn Kiley, Steven Shepard, Andrew Daniller and Hannah Hartig

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Date	Statement	Total	Rep/Lean Rep	Dem/Lean Dem	Panel
2024-11-17	Make good decisions about immigration	53	88	20	1
2025-04-13	Make good decisions about immigration	48	84	13	1
2025-08-10	Make good decisions about immigration	46	83	12	1
2026-04-26	Make good decisions about immigration	41	79	8	1
2026-10-04	Make good decisions about immigration	41	77	13	1
2025-04-13	Negotiate trade agreements with other countries	45	78	14	2
2025-08-10	Negotiate trade agreements with other countries	47	81	15	2
2026-04-26	Negotiate trade agreements with other countries	41	76	10	2
2026-10-04	Negotiate trade agreements with other countries	40	74	12	2
2024-11-17	Effectively handle law enforcement and criminal justice issues	54	89	21	3
2025-08-10	Effectively handle law enforcement and criminal justice issues	44	81	11	3
2026-04-26	Effectively handle law enforcement and criminal justice issues	41	76	9	3
2026-10-04	Effectively handle law enforcement and criminal justice issues	39	72	12	3
2025-04-13	Manage the executive branch effectively	44	78	11	4
2025-08-10	Manage the executive branch effectively	42	77	9	4
2026-04-26	Manage the executive branch effectively	39	75	7	4
2026-10-04	Manage the executive branch effectively	38	72	10	4
2025-08-10	Use military force wisely	46	83	12	5
2026-04-26	Use military force wisely	38	72	7	5
2026-10-04	Use military force wisely	37	69	10	5
2024-11-17	Make good decisions about abortion policy	45	78	12	6
2025-04-13	Make good decisions about tax policy	45	80	11	6
2025-04-13	Make good decisions about abortion policy	43	76	10	6
2025-08-10	Make good decisions about tax policy	42	77	10	6
2026-10-04	Make good decisions about tax policy	37	71	9	6
2026-10-04	Make good decisions about abortion policy	36	67	11	6
2024-11-17	Make good decisions about the economy	59	92	27	7
2025-04-13	Make good decisions about the economy	45	80	11	7
2025-08-10	Make good decisions about the economy	44	80	11	7
2026-04-26	Make good decisions about the economy	42	77	10	7
2026-10-04	Make good decisions about the economy	35	67	10	7
2024-11-17	Make good decisions about foreign policy	53	88	19	8
2025-04-13	Make good decisions about foreign policy	44	78	11	8
2025-08-10	Make good decisions about foreign policy	43	79	11	8
2026-04-26	Make good decisions about foreign policy	38	72	8	8
2026-10-04	Make good decisions about foreign policy	35	67	9	8
2025-04-13	Make good decisions about healthcare policy	41	75	9	9
2025-08-10	Make good decisions about healthcare policy	38	72	8	9
2026-04-26	Make good decisions about healthcare policy	35	68	6	9
2026-10-04	Make good decisions about healthcare policy	33	65	8	9
2026-10-04	Make good decisions about policies around artificial intelligence (AI)	31	57	10	10
2026-10-04	Reduce the influence of money in politics	25	44	8	11
2025-08-10	Work well with Democratic elected officals	27	49	8	12
2026-04-26	Work well with Democratic elected officals	25	47	6	12
2026-10-04	Work well with Democratic elected officals	23	41	9	12
2024-11-17	Bring the country closer together	41	70	12	13
2025-04-13	Bring the country closer together	33	58	7	13
2025-08-10	Bring the country closer together	31	56	7	13
2026-04-26	Bring the country closer together	27	49	7	13
2026-10-04	Bring the country closer together	21	39	7	13

End Field Date	Satisfied	Dissatisfied
11/10/1991	34	61
1/6/1992	28	61
1/6/1993	39	50
5/27/1993	22	71
9/15/1993	20	75
10/15/1993	22	73
3/21/1994	24	71
7/27/1994	24	73
4/9/1995	23	74
6/11/1995	25	73
10/30/1995	23	73
3/31/1996	28	70
7/28/1996	29	67
1/12/1997	38	58
8/10/1997	49	46
9/11/1997	45	49
1/18/1998	46	50
2/2/1998	59	37
8/2/1998	50	44
8/24/1998	55	41
9/10/1998	54	42
11/19/1998	46	44
1/17/1999	53	41
9/9/1999	56	39
5/13/2000	48	43
6/28/2000	47	45
9/10/2000	51	41
1/7/2001	55	41
2/19/2001	46	43
3/18/2001	47	45
6/17/2001	43	52
9/4/2001	41	53
9/25/2001	57	34
3/10/2002	50	40
5/16/2002	44	44
8/25/2002	47	44
9/15/2002	41	55
11/10/2002	41	48
1/12/2003	44	50
4/16/2003	50	41
8/5/2003	40	53
10/20/2003	38	56
12/17/2003	44	47
1/15/2004	45	48
2/29/2004	39	55
5/9/2004	33	61
7/18/2004	38	55
10/15/2004	36	58
12/15/2004	39	54
1/9/2005	40	54
2/21/2005	38	56
5/28/2005	39	57
7/18/2005	35	58
10/10/2005	29	65
11/27/2005	34	59
1/8/2006	34	61
3/6/2006	32	63
5/15/2006	29	65
7/19/2006	30	65
10/4/2006	30	63
11/12/2006	28	64
12/10/2006	28	65
1/9/2007	30	63
1/15/2007	32	61
2/15/2007	30	61
10/23/2007	28	66
12/30/2007	27	66
2/2/2008	24	70
3/15/2008	22	72
5/25/2008	18	76
6/29/2008	19	76
7/27/2008	19	74
8/10/2008	21	74
9/14/2008	25	69
10/12/2008	11	86
12/8/2008	13	83
1/11/2009	20	73
4/21/2009	23	70
5/12/2009	34	58
6/14/2009	30	64
7/26/2009	28	66
8/17/2009	28	65
8/27/2009	28	65
9/15/2009	30	64
10/4/2009	25	67
11/8/2009	25	67
1/10/2010	27	69
2/9/2010	23	71
3/14/2010	23	71
3/21/2010	25	69
4/5/2010	31	63
4/26/2010	29	66
5/16/2010	28	64
6/27/2010	27	64
9/6/2010	25	71
9/26/2010	30	63
11/7/2010	23	69
12/5/2010	21	72
1/9/2011	23	71
2/7/2011	26	68
3/14/2011	22	73
5/2/2011	32	60
5/8/2011	30	62
6/19/2011	23	73
7/24/2011	17	79
8/21/2011	17	79
10/4/2011	17	78
1/16/2012	21	75
2/12/2012	28	66
4/15/2012	24	69
6/3/2012	29	64
6/17/2012	28	68
7/9/2012	31	64
10/21/2012	32	61
12/9/2012	33	62
12/19/2012	25	68
1/13/2013	30	66
2/18/2013	31	64
5/5/2013	30	65
7/21/2013	27	67
10/13/2013	14	81
11/6/2013	21	75
1/19/2014	26	69
2/26/2014	28	66
4/27/2014	29	65
7/14/2014	29	68
8/24/2014	24	72
9/9/2014	25	71
10/20/2014	29	65
11/9/2014	27	68
12/7/2014	26	71
1/11/2015	31	66
2/22/2015	33	62
3/29/2015	31	64
5/18/2015	29	67
7/20/2015	31	64
9/27/2015	27	69
10/4/2015	27	67
12/13/2015	25	72
1/14/2016	25	70
3/26/2016	31	65
4/19/2016	26	70
6/26/2016	24	71
8/16/2016	31	66
10/25/2016	33	63
12/5/2016	30	65
1/9/2017	28	68
2/12/2017	30	65
4/11/2017	30	66
7/9/2017	28	67
10/30/2017	26	70
12/4/2017	27	68
1/15/2018	32	62
3/14/2018	30	66
5/1/2018	33	62
6/12/2018	34	61
9/24/2018	33	61
8/4/2019	27	72
10/13/2019	28	71
11/11/2019	31	69
3/24/2020	33	66
4/12/2020	31	68
6/22/2020	12	87
8/2/2020	12	87
10/5/2020	18	82
11/17/2020	22	77
3/7/2021	33	66
9/19/2021	26	74
9/26/2021	25	74
1/17/2022	21	78
5/1/2022	24	75
8/14/2022	18	81
10/16/2022	21	79
11/27/2022	24	75
1/24/2023	22	78
4/2/2023	19	80
6/11/2023	21	78
7/16/2023	22	77
12/3/2023	22	77
1/21/2024	21	78
5/19/2024	22	78
7/7/2024	18	82
8/11/2024	24	75
10/6/2024	23	76
11/17/2024	29	70
2/2/2025	38	61
3/16/2025	34	65
5/4/2025	32	67
8/10/2025	34	65
10/16/2025	27	72
1/26/2026	29	69
7/12/26	27	71
8/9/26	25	73
10/4/26	22	77

End field date	Rep/Lean Rep	Dem/Lean Dem
11/10/91	47	22
1/6/92	43	14
1/6/93	42	38
5/27/93	16	30
9/15/93	14	27
10/15/93	—	—
3/21/94	14	34
7/27/94	19	29
4/9/95	21	27
6/11/95	23	29
10/30/95	20	28
3/31/96	24	32
7/28/96	22	37
1/12/97	32	46
8/10/97	46	56
9/11/97	35	56
1/18/98	41	51
2/2/98	—	—
8/2/98	43	59
8/24/98	47	64
9/10/98	44	64
11/19/98	40	53
1/17/99	47	58
9/9/99	—	—
5/13/00	—	—
6/28/00	40	55
9/10/00	43	60
1/7/01	47	63
2/19/01	54	42
3/18/01	54	42
6/17/01	56	35
9/4/01	57	31
9/25/01	68	49
3/10/02	62	42
5/16/02	53	39
8/25/02	—	—
9/15/02	—	—
11/10/02	56	29
1/12/03	—	—
4/16/03	74	34
8/5/03	61	26
10/20/03	55	23
12/17/03	69	25
1/15/04	—	—
2/29/04	60	21
5/9/04	56	16
7/18/04	64	19
10/15/04	—	—
12/15/04	65	16
1/9/05	66	17
2/21/05	63	18
5/28/05	—	—
7/18/05	58	17
10/10/05	52	14
11/27/05	—	—
1/8/06	59	17
3/6/06	58	14
5/15/06	—	—
7/19/06	50	15
10/4/06	56	11
11/12/06	49	17
12/10/06	50	14
1/9/07	53	15
1/15/07	56	17
2/15/07	—	—
10/23/07	43	20
12/30/07	42	17
2/2/08	36	16
3/15/08	—	—
5/25/08	28	10
6/29/08	29	12
7/27/08	29	13
8/10/08	29	15
9/14/08	40	14
10/12/08	18	6
12/8/08	17	11
1/11/09	23	16
4/21/09	13	31
5/12/09	20	43
6/14/09	18	40
7/26/09	17	40
8/17/09	16	41
8/27/09	14	43
9/15/09	19	41
10/4/09	12	37
11/8/09	17	34
1/10/10	14	40
2/9/10	13	32
3/14/10	12	33
3/21/10	16	34
4/5/10	—	—
4/26/10	15	43
5/16/10	—	—
6/27/10	—	—
9/6/10	13	35
9/26/10	—	—
11/7/10	13	33
12/5/10	11	26
1/9/11	15	31
2/7/11	14	38
3/14/11	15	28
5/2/11	—	—
5/8/11	—	—
6/19/11	14	32
7/24/11	8	25
8/21/11	13	20
10/4/11	9	25
1/16/12	12	31
2/12/12	11	42
4/15/12	13	34
6/3/12	13	44
6/17/12	15	39
7/9/12	15	44
10/21/12	—	—
12/9/12	13	48
12/19/12	—	—
1/13/13	13	44
2/18/13	13	47
5/5/13	18	40
7/21/13	14	39
10/13/13	7	20
11/6/13	—	—
1/19/14	16	37
2/26/14	17	38
4/27/14	15	43
7/14/14	13	43
8/24/14	—	—
9/9/14	11	38
10/20/14	15	40
11/9/14	15	40
12/7/14	12	38
1/11/15	13	47
2/22/15	15	51
3/29/15	15	45
5/18/15	15	41
7/20/15	14	46
9/27/15	12	41
10/4/15	15	41
12/13/15	15	36
1/14/16	10	42
3/26/16	13	46
4/19/16	13	40
6/26/16	8	38
8/16/16	12	49
10/25/16	11	52
12/5/16	21	37
1/9/17	24	33
2/12/17	49	16
4/11/17	49	16
7/9/17	49	11
10/30/17	43	14
12/4/17	49	15
1/15/18	59	14
3/14/18	53	9
5/1/18	57	15
6/12/18	60	15
9/24/18	59	14
8/4/19	50	9
10/13/19	46	12
11/11/19	49	16
3/24/20	58	12
4/12/20	55	10
6/22/20	19	7
8/2/20	18	7
10/5/20	30	7
11/17/20	23	22
3/7/21	17	47
9/19/21	12	38
9/26/21	10	38
1/17/22	10	29
5/1/22	10	35
8/14/22	10	24
10/16/22	9	31
11/27/22	10	39
1/24/23	11	32
4/2/23	9	29
6/11/23	11	32
7/16/23	10	35
12/3/23	11	35
1/21/24	10	32
5/19/24	10	34
7/7/24	8	27
8/11/24	10	39
10/6/24	10	38
11/17/24	35	24
2/2/25	65	12
3/16/25	60	9
5/4/25	58	8
8/10/25	60	11
10/16/25	48	8
1/26/26	54	8
7/12/26	48	10
8/9/26	45	9
10/4/26	36	9

Date	Party	Favorable	Unfavorable
2019-08-04	Republican Party	41	57
2020-01-19	Republican Party	41	57
2020-08-02	Republican Party	41	57
2021-03-07	Republican Party	38	60
2022-01-17	Republican Party	35	63
2022-03-27	Republican Party	40	58
2022-07-04	Republican Party	37	61
2023-03-26	Republican Party	39	59
2023-07-16	Republican Party	36	63
2023-12-03	Republican Party	35	64
2024-04-07	Republican Party	37	61
2024-07-07	Republican Party	39	58
2025-04-13	Republican Party	43	56
2025-08-10	Republican Party	39	59
2026-04-28	Republican Party	40	58
2026-10-04	Republican Party	37	61
2019-08-04	Democratic Party	47	51
2020-01-19	Democratic Party	44	54
2020-08-02	Democratic Party	46	53
2021-03-07	Democratic Party	47	51
2022-01-17	Democratic Party	43	55
2022-03-27	Democratic Party	43	55
2022-07-04	Democratic Party	41	57
2023-03-26	Democratic Party	40	58
2023-07-16	Democratic Party	37	61
2023-12-03	Democratic Party	37	61
2024-04-07	Democratic Party	38	60
2024-07-07	Democratic Party	38	60
2025-04-13	Democratic Party	38	60
2025-08-10	Democratic Party	36	62
2026-04-28	Democratic Party	39	59
2026-10-04	Democratic Party	40	58

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