Past Elections

2008 Election 2004 Election

Democratic Party Losing Advantage

1/26/2010, by Proloy Bhatta

HIGHLIGHTS

Democrats: Favorable 46%, Unfavorable 46%.
Republicans: Favorable 44%, Unfavorable 45%.
Democratic advantage down to lowest level.

The favorable rating of the Democratic party has dropped to below 50% for the first time since late 2006 according to CNN's tracking polls. Their unfavorable rating has also reached a maximum.

Date	Favorable	Unfavorable
	%	%
1/22-24/10	46	46
10/16-18/09	53	41
7/31 - 8/3/09	52	39
4/23-26/09	51	44
2/18-19/09	58	36
12/1-2/08	60	34
11/6-9/08	62	31
10/17-19/08	53	42
9/5-7/08	51	40
8/29-31/08	59	36
8/23-24/08	52	40
4/28-30/08	56	35
1/9-10/08	55	34
6/22-24/07	51	38
3/9-11/07	51	34
11/3-5/06	53	35
9/22-24/06	56	39

Republicans are not doing much better than the Democrats but...

Date	Favorable	Unfavorable
	%	%
1/22-24/10	44	45
10/16-18/09	36	54
7/31 - 8/3/09	41	50
4/23-26/09	39	55
2/18-19/09	39	54
12/1-2/08	41	52
11/6-9/08	38	54
10/17-19/08	43	51
9/5-7/08	48	45
8/29-31/08	43	50
8/23-24/08	48	46
4/28-30/08	38	53
1/9-10/08	41	48
6/22-24/07	36	53
3/9-11/07	42	45
11/3-5/06	38	52
9/22-24/06	44	51

the advantage the Democrats have over Republicans has dropped to their lowest level since CNN has been keeping track. The Republicans have been unable to keep the Democratic advantage to single digits for two consecutive polls so it will be interesting to see if the current Republican wave lasts.

Date	Dem	Rep	Dem Advantage
	%	%
1/22-24/10	46	44	2
10/16-18/09	53	36	17
7/31 - 8/3/09	52	41	11
4/23-26/09	51	39	12
2/18-19/09	58	39	19
12/1-2/08	60	41	19
11/6-9/08	62	38	24
10/17-19/08	53	43	10
9/5-7/08	51	48	3
8/29-31/08	59	43	16
8/23-24/08	52	48	4
4/28-30/08	56	38	18
1/9-10/08	55	41	14
6/22-24/07	51	36	15
3/9-11/07	51	42	9
11/3-5/06	53	38	15
9/22-24/06	56	44	12

The Republicans are getting a lot of positive coverage right now for having won the Massachusetts Senate seat -- and as the positive coverage wanes, the Democratic advantage may go back up.

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