A new poll from the Pew Research Center indicates that the Republican party has decreased in popularity.
The center said the image of the GOP was already negative and has continued to decline since the fall.
"Currently 33 percent of the public has a favorable impression of the Republican Party, while 62 percent have an unfavorable view. Unfavorable opinions of the GOP are now as high as at any point since 1992."
But the Democratic Party is not doing well popularity-wise either, MSNBC reported.
Data from Pew say 25 percent of the public views both parties negatively.
But public perception of the Democratic Party has not changed much since October 2015, and although favorability has gone down, it has not been as dramatic as the GOP. "Currently, 45 percent of the public has a favorable impression of the Democratic Party, while 50 percent have an unfavorable opinion."
Independents views of the GOP and Democratic party are also reflective of this trend.
Forty-three percent of Republican-leaning independents view the GOP favorably. Fifty percent have a negative opinion.
More demographic groups have a favorable opinion of the Democratic Party than the Republican Party.
Most Hispanic people and black people view the GOP negatively -- 61 percent and 79 percent, respectively, compared to 50 percent and 70 percent favorability toward the Democratic party.
Sixty-two percent of women have an unfavorable opinion of the GOP, compared to 47 percent who view the Democratic party unfavorably.
"By contrast, identical shares of whites view both parties favorably," at 37 percent, but educational differences are visible within this percentage.
Forty-six percent of white college graduates have a favorable impression of the Democratic Party, compared with 27 percent favorability among that group for the Republican Party. Forty-three percent of white people with less education view the GOP favorably but only 32 percent have a positive view of the Democratic Party.
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