Democrat or Republican, most voters dislike both parties, according to a Fox News Survey.
It’s the lowest approval rating in five years.
Only 18% of voters approve of the job U.S. Congress is doing. Last year it was 19%. In June of 2021, it was at 34%. Then, 47% of Democrats, 34% of independents, and 21% of Republicans approved of Congress. Today, is only 22% of Democrats, 10% of Independents and 16% of Republicans.
If the election were held today, who would win?
The Fox polls showed 47% of voters have a positive view of the Democratic Party. Even less for the Republican Party, where only 43% think the same
87% of registered Democrats have a favorable view of their party. 83% of Republicans have a positive view of the Republican Party. The group that can change the outlook on Congress, the Independents, were more pleased with the Democratic Party at 39% compared to the GOP at 27%.
“This data shows that while the Democratic Party is viewed negatively, voters are even less favorably inclined toward the Republican Party,” said Fox pollster Daron Shaw.
The economy wasn’t the top issue. While 88% of voters said it was one of their top concerns, the top issue was personal rights and freedoms, at 89%. Coming in third place was health care, at 85%, followed by a concern of threats to free and fair elections, at 83%.
Tax rates finished in fifth place, (79%), sixth place was crime rates (79%), seventh place was illegal immigration (73%), eighth place was the Supreme Court (71%), abortion policy took ninth place (70%), while tenth place went to the Israel-Hamas war (69%), 11th place was Russia’s invasion of Ukraine (69%), and climate change was at the bottom of the list, at 62%.
Among GOP voters, the economy was the top issue at 96%, illegal immigration (92%), higher crime rates (91%), taxes (88%), and threats to rights (88%).
Democrats’ top issues were threats to personal rights (90%), abortion (89%), climate change (89%), health care (89%), and the Supreme Court (86%).
Independents said their top issues were threats to personal rights (87%), followed by health care (86%), the economy (85%), taxes (85%), and higher crime rates (83%).
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