Opposition to Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act is positioned as Democrats' central message for the midterms. The OBBBA is described as a massive giveaway to the wealthy paid for by large cuts to services used by working- and middle-class Americans, threatening economic peril. Democratic favorability has plunged to about 34 percent, party registration shows Democrats losing voters while Republicans gain, and Democrats lost 2.1 million voters since 2020 while Republicans gained 2.4 million. New registrant support for Democrats has fallen from 63 percent in 2018 to under 48 percent in 2024.
As Democrats gear up for next year's midterm elections, they have one big gun they're ready to wield: Opposition to Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The bill is a massive giveaway to the wealthy, paid for by big cuts to services used by the American working and middle classes, that seems set to plunge the country into economic peril. The OBBBA is indefensible, and it's a gift to Democrats-assuming they're able to point their weapon in the right direction.
The reality is this: Democratic policies are much more popular than Republican ones, but Democrats lose anyway. Democratic favorability has tumbled to new lows, with just 34 percent of Americans saying they have a positive opinion of the party. While 91 percent of Republicans say they feel favorably about their own party, only 73 percent of Democrats say the same thing about theirs. In other words, even a whole lot of Democrats don't really like Democrats right now.
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