Fox News Poll: Democrats’ Favorability Hits New Low, Still Favored Over Gop In 2026 Midterms

Democrats deed their lowest favorable standing ever this period arsenic Republicans are viewed much positively than their counterparts for nan first clip successful a decade. Yet, voters would backmost nan Democratic campaigner complete nan Republican successful their territory if nan 2026 congressional elections were held today.

The latest Fox News survey, released Friday, finds 44% person a favorable sentiment of nan Republican Party, while 54% person an unfavorable position for a nett standing of -10. For nan Democratic Party, it’s 41-56%, for a -15 rating.

Results were reversed past summer, nan astir caller clip Fox asked nan question, erstwhile voters viewed Republicans negatively by 14 points and nan Democrats by conscionable 6 points.

The past clip Republicans had a amended favorable standing than nan Democrats, albeit by 1 point, was successful April 2014, erstwhile 45% viewed nan GOP positively vs. 44% nan Democrats.

The driblet successful positivity toward nan Democrats comes from within. Last summer, 87% of self-identified Democrats approved of their party. Now, that’s down 10 points to 77%.

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Meanwhile, nan Republican Party saw a flimsy betterment among their statement faithful: 83% of self-identified Republicans had a favorable position successful 2024 vs. 85% today.

"The higher favorable standing for nan Republican Party is wholly owed to Democrats emotion little favorable toward their statement than Republicans do toward theirs," says Democrat Chris Anderson, who conducts nan Fox News surveys pinch Republican Daron Shaw. "This successful and of itself is improbable to construe into midterm occurrence for nan GOP, arsenic Democrats opportunity they will almost universally ballot for their statement and Independents favour nan Democrats arsenic well."

If nan midterm elections were today, voters would backmost nan Democrat complete nan Republican campaigner successful their territory by 7 points (49% vs. 42%), akin to nan results successful April 2017 during President Donald Trump’s first word (47% vs. 42%).

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The Democrats are up mostly owed to stronger backing from their guidelines and being preferred by Independents by a 2-to-1 separator (40% Dem to 18% GOP). They besides person nan backing of astatine slightest 6 successful 10 Black voters (68%), voters nether property 30 (60%), and women pinch a grade (59%).

Independents person antagonistic views of some awesome parties but are much down connected nan Republicans (72% unfavorable) than nan Democrats (66%). And while much backmost nan Democratic candidate, a 41% plurality are unsure of what they’ll do successful 2026.

Republicans’ strongest support comes from White evangelical Christians (66%), White men without a grade (54%), and agrarian voters (50%).

Another logic nan GOP campaigner is struggling is because of statement loyalty: less Republicans (92%) and 2024 Trump supporters (86%) backmost nan GOP campaigner than Democrats (97%) and 2024 Harris supporters (91%) do theirs.

"The legislature ballot results aren’t surprising, arsenic nan out-party typically does good successful nan administration’s first midterms," says Shaw. "Republicans did good successful 2010 and 2022, while Democrats did good successful 2018, and polls showed this was mostly because their partisans were much fired up. The cardinal for nan Republicans is either keeping immoderate of nan Democrats and independents that crossed complete successful 2024 for Trump aliases ginning up their guidelines for an predetermination wherever Trump isn’t connected nan ballot."

The study besides asks voters really they felt astir their 2024 ballot prime and while 85% were satisfied overall, location has been a diminution successful restitution among Trump voters. Eighty-nine percent of those who supported Trump successful 2024 stay satisfied pinch their choice, yet that’s down from 92% 4 years agone and 97% 8 years ago. Among 2024 Harris supporters, 90% stay satisfied pinch their ballot today.

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A person look astatine young voters…

Young voters, particularly those nether property 30, person played a large domiciled successful nan electorate complete nan past fewer cycles. The study finds nan GOP legislature campaigner is underperforming what Trump sewage successful nan 2024 predetermination among these young voters: Forty-seven percent backed Trump according to nan Fox News Voter Analysis predetermination study successful November vs. 33% backing nan Republicans today.   

Young voters besides person a much favorable position of nan Democratic Party by 2 points (50% favorable, 48% unfavorable), a reversal from past July, erstwhile they viewed them negatively by 6. Their views of nan Republican Party stay antagonistic by 20 points (38% favorable, 58% unfavorable coming vs. 40-60% successful July 2024).

"The bad news for nan Republicans is nan property spread is backmost successful these data," says Shaw. "The bully news is this is nan astir volatile group successful nan electorate: they thin not to show up for midterm elections and, erstwhile they do, they are peculiarly responsive to short-term forces."

Conducted April 18-21, 2025, nether nan guidance of Beacon Research (D) and Shaw & Company Research (R), this Fox News study includes interviews pinch a sample of 1,104 registered voters randomly selected from a nationalist elector file. Respondents said pinch unrecorded interviewers connected landlines (127) and cellphones (703) aliases completed nan study online aft receiving a matter (274). Results based connected nan afloat sample person a separator of sampling correction of ±3 percent points. Sampling correction for results among subgroups is higher. In summation to sampling error, mobility wording and bid tin power results. Weights are mostly applied to age, race, education, and area variables to guarantee nan demographics of respondents are typical of nan registered elector population. Sources for processing weight targets see nan American Community Survey, Fox News Voter Analysis and elector record data.