"Republican Party's favorable rating dropping to 24%, the lowest level ever recorded by the pollster

[ProSense]

It's All Comparative

A new NBC/Wall Street Journal survey shows the Democratic Party's favorable rating dropping to 33%, the lowest level since July of 2006. The same survey, however, shows the Republican Party's favorable rating dropping to 24%, the lowest level ever recorded by the pollster.

On another front, PPP has released one of its perioidic 2012 presidential election polls. It shows President Obama's job approval/disapproval ratio as being slightly in negative territory at 47-48. But it also shows the favorable/unfavorable ratios for the most commonly named GOP opponents all in negative territory as well (Huckabee: 32-34; Palin: 37-54; Gingrich: 31-48; Paul: 23-34; Romney: 35-37). Obama also leads all these worthies in head-to-head match-ups.

It is often forgotten that elections do involve comparisons of parties and candidates. Perhaps the GOP will have a big mid-term election based on simply a rejection of Democratic governance or unhappiness with the status quo. But in presidential years, the "out" party needs a bit more than being "out," and Republicans continue to show that they don't have the platform or the leadership to look good by comparison.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

1. what will it take for the Republican rating to be 0%?

ther emust be a juicy scandal out there?

[mrcheerful]

2. Scandals only work if it involves a Democratic congress critter or did you forget

about bathroom toe tapper, Diaper Dave, or the slew of other cons that been caught with their pants around their ankles. Hell they even elected one when Playgirl released his nude photos before the election and not a peep from the moral ones.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

5. I suppose the only way to imprison Murdoch and all his cronies.

[Imajika]

3. These polls a somewhat meaningless...

...when it comes to Republicans.

Huge numbers of conservative voters now identify with the Tea Party or various other conservative groups instead. The Republican party is nothing more than a shell with which to run elections through. The party can't even raise much money these days. All the cash goes to individual candidates and PAC's.

The question that really matters is not how well does someone like either party, rather it is how do that person intend to vote.

The generic ballot is about even right now, but the enthusiasm seems to be with people who intend to vote Republican (whether they like the party or not).

[bigdarryl]

4. and then the media ties and make an excuse for them saying repeatedly

the rethugs have the enthusiasm gap

[MadMaddie]

6. Yep, still not low enough

I am looking for negative numbers

[Whisp]

7. I am looking for heads on sticks.

[CitizenLeft]

8. well, that's funny...

A new NBC/Wall Street Journal survey shows the Democratic Party's favorable rating dropping to 33%, the lowest level since July of 2006.

We took back the House & Senate in 2006.

Which goes to show you that either these polls don't mean doo-doo, or people will vote for Democrats in spite of not always agreeing with the party's policies.

[JoeyT]

9. Same dumbass 24% that think Bush was an awesome president.

If he'd nuked half the country into a glazed pile of rubble they'd still swear he did it to be tough on terrorism.