Republican Party Favorability Trend

Republican Party Favorability Trend

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    Respondents were asked, " Please tell us whether you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, neither favorable nor unfavorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable opinion of the Republican Party."
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overallFavorableUnfavorableNeither
November 201530%49%17%
February 201628%52%16%
June 201627%51%14%
October 201624%58%15%
February 201836%48%11%
June 201835%48%12%
February 201935%51%11%
August 202135%51%14%
April 202240%47%13%
August 202241%47%12%
October 202242%46%12%
December 202341%45%15%
June 202441%46%14%
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    Respondents were asked, " Please tell us whether you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, neither favorable nor unfavorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable opinion of the Republican Party." Measurement of Party ID for this figure is based on two questions. First, respondents were asked whether they consider themselves to be a Democrats, Republicans, independents, other, or not sure. Those who responded that they are independents or "other" were then asked if they lean toward either the Democrats or Republicans. If they indicated that they lean toward one party or the other, they are considered Democrats or Republicans for the purposes of this figure. Only "pure" independents or members of a third party who indicate that they have no preference for Democrats vis-a-vis Republicans are considered independents . Respondents who answered that they are "not sure" for either of the two aforementioned questions are not incorporated into this figure." 
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partyidDemocratIndependentRepublican
November 20157%5%56%
February 20165%7%59%
June 20165%12%52%
October 20164%7%46%
February 20189%17%70%
June 20186%18%68%
February 20196%17%65%
August 20215%15%64%
April 20227%10%76%
August 20227%12%77%
October 20226%18%84%
December 202315%23%68%
June 202413%11%72%
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    Respondents were asked, " Please tell us whether you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, neither favorable nor unfavorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable opinion of the Republican Party."  Party identification is calculated according to the PID7 variable, a seven point scale of party identification.
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demidLean DemocratNot very strong DemocratStrong Democrat
November 20152%13%6%
February 20162%7%4%
June 20165%10%3%
October 20163%6%3%
February 20184%12%8%
June 20183%7%6%
February 20193%15%3%
August 20212%6%6%
April 20224%6%8%
August 20227%10%7%
October 20222%14%5%
December 202311%16%15%
June 20247%16%13%
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    Respondents were asked, " Please tell us whether you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, neither favorable nor unfavorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable opinion of the Republican Party." Party identification is calculated according to the PID7 variable, a seven point scale of party identification.
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gopidLean RepublicanNot very strong RepublicanStrong Republican
November 201533%57%70%
February 201613%59%75%
June 201631%48%69%
October 201625%44%60%
February 201845%67%88%
June 201845%63%85%
February 201947%61%76%
August 202145%56%80%
April 202255%64%89%
August 202266%63%90%
October 202269%71%94%
December 202344%66%84%
June 202441%69%89%
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    Respondents were asked, " Please tell us whether you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, neither favorable nor unfavorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable opinion of the Republican Party." Ideology is measured on a scale of 1-7, with 1 corresponding to "extremely liberal", 7 corresponding to "extremely conservative, and 4 corresponding to "in the middle." For the purposes of this table, respondents who placed themselves at or between points 1 and 3 on the scale are considered "liberal," respondents who placed themselves at point 4 on the scale are considered "moderate," and respondents who placed themselves at or between points 5 and 7 on the scale are considered conservative.
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ideologyLiberalsModeratesConservatives
November 20157%17%49%
February 20167%12%50%
June 20164%15%46%
October 20164%13%41%
February 20186%16%68%
June 20185%20%63%
February 20195%24%59%
August 20214%17%62%
April 20226%21%73%
August 202211%23%72%
October 20227%26%77%
December 202314%32%63%
June 202410%29%69%
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    Respondents were asked, " Please tell us whether you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, neither favorable nor unfavorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable opinion of the Republican Party." The ideology measure is based on respondent self-placement in response to the following question: "On a scale from 1 to 7, where 1 is extremely liberal, 7 is extremely conservative, and 4 is exactly in the middle, where would you place yourself?" The placements are further classified such that 1 is extremely liberal, 2 is very liberal, 3 is somewhat liberal, 4 is moderate, 5 is somewhat conservative, 6 is very conservative, and 7 is extremely conservative.
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liberalismLeaning liberalSomewhat liberalExtremely liberal
November 201512%6%4%
February 201614%3%2%
June 20167%3%3%
October 20165%4%3%
February 20189%5%7%
June 20183%4%8%
February 20198%4%3%
August 20218%3%5%
April 20221%8%8%
August 202215%11%9%
October 20224%6%10%
December 202314%15%14%
June 202415%10%8%
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    Respondents were asked, " Please tell us whether you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, neither favorable nor unfavorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable opinion of the Republican Party." The ideology measure is based on respondent self-placement in response to the following question: "On a scale from 1 to 7, where 1 is extremely liberal, 7 is extremely conservative, and 4 is exactly in the middle, where would you place yourself?" The placements are further classified such that 1 is extremely liberal, 2 is very liberal, 3 is somewhat liberal, 4 is moderate, 5 is somewhat conservative, 6 is very conservative, and 7 is extremely conservative.
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conservatismLeaning conservativeSomewhat conservativeExtremely conservative
November 201543%54%48%
February 201642%50%57%
June 201632%52%49%
October 201633%38%49%
February 201850%68%74%
June 201849%62%74%
February 201942%60%67%
August 202139%66%70%
April 202258%76%78%
August 202248%77%85%
October 202257%77%87%
December 202346%69%66%
June 202443%74%76%
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    Respondents were asked, " Please tell us whether you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, neither favorable nor unfavorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable opinion of the Republican Party." Race is calculated according to the race variable.
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raceWhiteBlackHispanic
November 201537%9%25%
February 201635%22%32%
June 201633%11%19%
October 201630%7%18%
February 201835%16%30%
June 201843%15%29%
February 201943%18%24%
August 202142%14%24%
April 202250%14%32%
August 202251%20%32%
October 202252%19%34%
December 202345%27%36%
June 202447%26%38%
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    Respondents were asked, " Please tell us whether you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, neither favorable nor unfavorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable opinion of the Republican Party." Gender is calculated according to the GENDER variable.
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genderMaleFemale
November 201527%33%
February 201627%28%
June 201624%29%
October 201618%28%
February 201842%35%
June 201837%34%
February 201935%34%
August 202133%35%
April 202243%37%
August 202244%38%
October 202246%39%
December 202344%37%
June 202442%40%
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    Respondents were asked, " Please tell us whether you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, neither favorable nor unfavorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable opinion of the Republican Party." Community is based on the following question, " Would you say that you live in an urban, suburban, or rural community?"
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locationUrbanSuburbanRural
November 201527%32%33%
February 201622%27%34%
June 201625%28%27%
October 201618%23%31%
February 201827%40%46%
June 201825%37%48%
February 201924%35%49%
August 202125%35%45%
April 202235%38%52%
August 202234%40%55%
October 202232%41%60%
December 202341%35%51%
June 202441%37%46%
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    Respondents were asked, " Please tell us whether you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, neither favorable nor unfavorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable opinion of the Republican Party." Age is calculated according to the AGEG variable.
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age group18-2930-4445-6565+
November 201525%25%28%30%
February 201628%25%24%33%
June 201629%23%23%37%
October 201616%20%26%26%
February 201842%32%34%43%
June 201836%24%38%43%
February 201931%29%37%41%
August 202127%31%34%42%
April 202236%36%37%49%
August 202235%40%41%47%
October 202232%34%47%52%
December 202353%38%33%43%
June 202438%39%38%48%
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    Respondents were asked, " Please tell us whether you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, neither favorable nor unfavorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable opinion of the Republican Party." Education is calculated according to the EDUC variable.
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educationNo high schoolHigh school graduateSome college2-year4-yearPost-grad
November 201529%33%28%31%30%28%
February 201622%29%30%26%30%14%
June 201623%30%31%16%31%14%
October 201633%26%21%23%21%21%
February 201828%37%38%37%36%27%
June 201814%33%36%40%37%27%
February 201924%35%33%33%35%39%
August 202156%34%36%32%36%23%
April 202264%39%38%39%44%33%
August 202246%42%37%38%48%32%
October 202249%48%36%28%49%38%
December 202373%47%37%46%36%23%
June 202440%47%38%38%39%37%
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    Respondents were asked, " Please tell us whether you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, neither favorable nor unfavorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable opinion of the Republican Party." Religiosity is calculated according to the IMPORT variable.
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religiosityExtremely importantSomewhat importantNot very importantNot at all important
November 201538%30%20%8%
February 201636%28%14%7%
June 201633%25%22%17%
October 201630%24%14%10%
February 201847%31%30%16%
June 201846%35%33%16%
February 201943%39%46%12%
August 202146%33%18%22%
April 202255%40%26%18%
August 202253%42%33%22%
October 202259%42%39%12%
December 202353%37%29%16%
June 202457%41%24%13%
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    Respondents were asked, " Please tell us whether you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, neither favorable nor unfavorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable opinion of the Republican Party." Fundamentalism is calculated according to the LITERAL variable.
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fundamentalismThe Bible is the word of God, to be taken literallyThe Bible is the word of God, not to be taken literallyThe Bible is a book written by man
November 201538%35%12%
February 201635%33%7%
June 201628%35%16%
October 201631%28%10%
February 201847%39%16%
June 201849%43%14%
February 201950%39%12%
August 202149%38%17%
April 202257%44%19%
August 202257%44%21%
October 202258%49%18%
December 202356%41%16%
June 202461%43%10%

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