More On That GOP Death Spiral

Steve Benen reports on the newest CNN survey on party favorability:

CNN, releasing the results of its new poll this afternoon, reports, “The Republican Party’s favorable rating among Americans is at lowest level in at least a decade, according to a new national poll.”
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If this doesn’t make the GOP nervous, it should. According to the poll, just 36% have a favorable opinion of the Republican Party, while 54% have a negative opinion. When was the last time a CNN poll showed Republicans with a worse rating? According to the internals (pdf), it was December 1998 — 11 years ago — the same week House Republicans impeached then-President Bill Clinton and the GOP’s favorability rating dropped to 31%.

On the other hand, a 53% majority have a favorable opinion of the Democratic Party. Here’s another homemade chart showing the difference between the two.

Don’t listen to Republicans saying they have their mojo back. They are as unpopular as ever and they are increasingly living in an echo chamber. Tea parties and paranoid persecution fantasies do not lead to electoral gold. Of course, the GOP is busy lining up its own circular firing squad. The way the Republicans are going the best they can hope for is Obama’s failure since they haven’t been building any case for superiority of their ideas.