Two new surveys have revealed that Republicans and Democrats are so divided in the Trump era that they can’t even agree on “winning” or the U.S. standing in the world.
Take the new Pew Research Center survey on “winning.” Despite some confidence in beating President Trump in the fall, Democrats are at their lowest ever, with just 18% feeling like their side is winning.
Then there’s the Gallup “satisfaction” survey, which shows that an equally tiny 19% feel good about the U.S. position in the world.
Republicans, meanwhile, haven’t felt as good in over a decade about what’s happening in the country and world.
Pew found that 69% of Republicans feel their side is “winning.” That’s triple the number was in 2016 when polls showed Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton heading to victory over Trump.
And Gallup found a near-record 85% feel satisfied with the U.S. position in the world under Trump, about equal with where they felt it was just after the 9/11 attacks when former President George W. Bush led the war on the Taliban and al Qaeda.
Pew said, “Republicans are far more upbeat about their party’s success than they were in 2016 — when 75% said their side was losing more often than winning — or in 2018, when 53% said the same. Four years ago, Democrats were divided on whether their side was winning more than losing. But since then, large majorities have said their side has been losing politically.”
Gallup added, “Partisans have been consistently divided in their assessments of the United States’ position in the world over the last 20 years, with Republicans and Democrats expressing high levels of satisfaction when their party occupies the White House. However, the current 66-point gap in Republicans’ and Democrats’ satisfaction levels is the largest recorded.”
