The Democratic Party is spiraling further into political quicksand, with a new internal poll exposing how far their favorability has fallen—especially among working-class voters and Hispanic men. According to a survey commissioned by the Democrat-aligned super PAC Unite the Country and reported by The Hill, the party’s image is now so damaged that their approval has sunk below 35% across critical voting blocs in battleground counties.
Conducted between May and June, the poll focused on 21 counties across 10 swing states, offering a devastating snapshot of how everyday Americans perceive the party. The top words voters now associate with Democrats? “Woke,” “weak,” and “out of touch.”
Strategist Rodell Mollineau, a senior adviser to the PAC, admitted the party is in denial. “This is the reality of the perception of us as a party,” he told The Hill. “Until we accept that, it’s going to be hard to move forward.”
That reality includes losing grip on voters who were once considered the bedrock of the Democratic coalition—Hispanic working-class Americans and blue-collar workers of all races. Among these groups, enthusiasm has cratered, and approval is stuck in the 30s. The left’s progressive elite may still be shouting about climate justice and gender ideology, but millions of voters are tuning them out—and turning to Donald Trump’s America First message.
The poll’s results confirm what many already sensed after the 2024 election, when Trump steamrolled through every swing state on his way back to the presidency. Democrats didn’t just lose the White House; they lost both chambers of Congress and much of their core support in the process.
Since then, according to The Hill, the Democratic Party has been stuck in an endless loop of postmortems, focus groups, and strategy sessions. But instead of recalibrating their message, many elected Democrats continue doubling down on policies viewed as extreme or irrelevant by average voters—especially when it comes to crime, immigration, and transgender issues.
Democrats’ declining support has also been fueled by their handling of President Joe Biden’s tenure. Even Democratic insiders now acknowledge that efforts to downplay Biden’s mental decline during his final year in office created a credibility crisis that lingers to this day. For many, the scandal surrounding Biden’s fitness to lead—and the establishment’s desperate attempts to prop him up—cemented distrust in party leadership.
Meanwhile, infighting within the Democratic ranks has become a national spectacle. From socialist insurgents like Zohran Mamdani rising to power in places like New York to moderate Democrats openly clashing with the party’s far-left wing, there is little sign of unity heading into 2028.
Despite these warning signs, some Democrats still appear unwilling to accept how deeply they’ve alienated key segments of the electorate. Mollineau was blunt about the stakes: “There’s a perception out there, outside of Democratic elites, and it’s taken hold not just in the MAGA crowd but people that should be with us.”
He added that Democrats can’t afford to treat this as just another messaging hiccup if they hope to rebound in future cycles. “We need to improve and get better—not only to win in 2028, but to win in 2030, 2032, and beyond.”
But with support slipping and their base fragmenting, the clock is ticking—and voters seem more aligned than ever with a Republican message focused on borders, law and order, and economic sanity. If the latest polling is any indicator, the Democrats’ long-standing grip on minority and working-class voters may finally be slipping beyond recovery.