The Democratic Party’s downward spiral is accelerating, and a new Gallup poll confirms just how far they’ve fallen. According to the survey, the Democratic National Committee’s approval rating has crashed to an all-time low of 34 percent — the worst number since Gallup began tracking the figure in the early 1990s.
For decades, Democrats could count on public approval hovering in the high 40s and 50s, but those days are gone. The steady decline, which began in the late 2000s, has now plunged the party into dangerous territory. Sharp drops in the mid-2010s and early 2020s have culminated in this latest humiliating milestone.
Other polls paint an equally grim picture for Democrats. An Associated Press-NORC survey found that more than one-third of Democrats themselves see their party as “weak” and “ineffective” — particularly in the face of President Trump’s momentum heading into 2026.
Worse still for the DNC, a Unite the Country super PAC poll revealed cratering support among Hispanic men and working-class voters in key battleground states. Support in those critical groups has fallen below 35 percent, jeopardizing the Democrats’ ability to compete in the states that decide presidential elections.
The party’s woes don’t stop at the national level. Congressional Democrats are faring even worse. A Quinnipiac University poll showed their approval rating at a dismal 19 percent — a number that would make even the most entrenched incumbents sweat.
Adding to the Democrats’ problems, the Trump administration’s Department of Justice is taking direct aim at one of their favorite political weapons: race-based gerrymandering. On August 5, Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon announced a sweeping crackdown to end the practice, which has allowed blue states to artificially inflate their House representation.
In a video statement, Dhillon linked the move to the historic Voting Rights Act of 1965, which outlawed poll taxes, literacy tests, and other discriminatory tactics. “Our constitutional duty is to protect the right to vote for all Americans,” she said. “Today, under the leadership of President Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi, this civil rights division is continuing to protect equal and transparent ballot access with vigilance and resolve.”
Dhillon laid out the DOJ’s aggressive approach: ensuring clean voter rolls in all 50 states, investigating violations of federal voting laws, and targeting efforts to suppress or dilute votes — including illegal gerrymandering. “We are attacking illegal race-based gerrymandering, and we are protecting ballot access for all Americans,” she declared.
The DOJ has already taken action against jurisdictions accused of violating these principles. That includes suing North Carolina for failing to verify voter eligibility, notifying Texas of concerns over racially motivated district maps, and pursuing legal challenges against states with ineligible voters on their rolls.
As Dhillon summed it up, “Our job is to make it easier to vote and harder to cheat.”
With Trump’s DOJ enforcing election integrity and the Democrats’ popularity imploding, the political winds are shifting — and not in the left’s favor.
