We’re witnessing the death spiral of the Democratic Party as we know it.
Nearly two-thirds of Democratic voters say it’s time for new leadership, as discontent simmers over the party’s direction and sinking approval ratings.
According to a Reuters/Ipsos poll out Thursday, 62% of Democrats believe their leaders “should be replaced with new people”—more than double the 30% of Republicans who say the same about their own.
Nearly half of Democrats—49 percent—are “unsatisfied” with party leaders, while 41 percent say they are “satisfied” and 10 percent are unsure, the poll found.
From The Washington Free Beacon:
The poll was released on the same day that news broke of intraparty backlash against Democratic National Committee chairman Ken Martin, with DNC members telling Politico that Martin is “weak,” “whiny,” and “invisible.” Earlier this week, powerful American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten quit her DNC role in protest of the party’s direction under Martin, leading Rep. Mark Pocan (D., Wis.) to tweet that he would “love to have a day go by” without the DNC doing “something embarrassing & off message.”
The Democratic rank-and-file also disagree sharply with their leadership over the party’s priorities, the Thursday poll found. Only 17 percent of Democrats, for example, think that allowing transgender individuals to compete in women’s sports should be a priority for the party.
The party’s approval ratings have been underwater for months, as Democrats struggle to rally behind a national leader and lack a frontrunner in the 2028 primary. The Democratic Party’s favorability has plunged below 30 percent, according to polls earlier this year by CNN and NBC News.
Majority of Democrats Turn on Party Leaders Amid Mounting Discontent: Pollhttps://t.co/M6JVVPQtf0
— Washington Free Beacon (@FreeBeacon) June 20, 2025
