Democrats Sink to Historic Lows: Only Iranian Regime Polls Worse Than Party

The Democratic Party has become less popular with American voters than the Republican Party, Donald Trump, and virtually every major political figure in the country—ranking just one spot above Iran’s authoritarian regime in a devastating new national survey.

The numbers paint a brutal picture for Democrats. With a net favorability rating of negative 22 points, the party has cratered to near-bottom status among registered voters. Only Iran’s hardline government scored lower, at negative 53 points. This represents a complete collapse of the Democratic brand heading into the critical 2026 midterm elections.

Pope Leo XIV topped the favorability rankings at plus 34, demonstrating that Americans still respect moral authority and traditional leadership—qualities conspicuously absent from today’s Democratic Party.

President Trump logged a negative 12 rating, while the Republican Party came in at negative 14. Both significantly outperformed their Democratic counterparts, illustrating a clear preference among voters for conservative leadership despite the media’s relentless attacks.

The 2028 presidential landscape reveals an even starker reality for Democrats. Vice President JD Vance sits at negative 11, while Secretary of State Marco Rubio enjoys a comparatively strong negative 7 rating. Meanwhile, the Democrats’ likely contenders are drowning: failed Vice President Kamala Harris at negative 17 and California Governor Gavin Newsom at negative 18.

Only Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez managed to crack the top half of the rankings, tying with Vance at negative 11. The socialist firebrand from New York is reportedly weighing either a presidential run or a primary challenge against Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer—a telling sign of the civil war brewing within Democratic ranks.

The poll surveyed 1,000 registered voters evenly split along partisan lines—42% Republican-leaning, 42% Democrat-leaning, and the remainder identifying as independent or other. Just over half were female, providing a representative sample of the American electorate.

On policy performance, President Trump’s numbers tell the story of a nation still finding its footing but appreciating strength on core issues. Overall job approval stands at 44% approve to 54% disapprove. But on border security—the issue Democrats deliberately sabotaged for years—Trump earns 53% approval against just 44% disapproval. Americans recognize that securing the border matters, and they credit the president for taking action where his predecessor refused.

Foreign policy approval sits at 43% approve versus 54% disapprove, a marginal shift from one year earlier when the split was 45-53. On military operations in Iran specifically, 41% approve while 54% disapprove. These numbers reflect the complexity Americans recognize in confronting a regime that has threatened U.S. interests and allies for decades.

This survey joins a mounting pile of evidence that Democrats face a reckoning with voters. A Wall Street Journal poll from July 2025 revealed that the party had sunk to its lowest approval rating in more than three decades, with 63% of Americans holding a negative view of Democrats.

The reasons for this historic collapse are obvious. Democrats spent years prioritizing radical gender ideology over kitchen table economics. They opened the border to millions of illegal immigrants while American communities suffered. They weaponized federal law enforcement against political opponents. They pushed inflation to 40-year highs with reckless spending. They abandoned working-class Americans in favor of coastal elites and progressive activists.

The American people are not fooled. They recognize failure when they see it, and they’re responding accordingly. When your party polls barely better than a theocratic dictatorship that chants “Death to America,” you don’t have a messaging problem—you have a policy problem, a leadership problem, and a credibility problem.

Democrats now face a fundamental choice: continue down the path of progressive extremism that has alienated the American mainstream, or undertake a complete reformation of their party’s priorities and personnel. The clock is ticking toward 2026, and these numbers suggest voters have already made up their minds about which direction the country should head.

The Democratic establishment can ignore these warnings at their peril. But the data doesn’t lie, and neither do the American people when they enter the voting booth.