Democrats’ party has received 5 points since June: Gallup

Democrats lead Republicans in party affiliation, but their advantage has shrunk by 5 percentage points since June, according to Gallup poll released Monday.

American adults who identify themselves as Democrats as Democratic candidates lead those who identify themselves as Republicans as Republican leavers by 6 points, at 48 to 42 percent, in the new poll. In June, Democrats held an 11-point lead.

Despite the limitation, the current wave between party associations is even greater than it was from January to May of this year, Gallup noted.

Democrats have typically held the lead since the poll giant began following party affiliation in 1991. A gap of 4 points, 47 to 43 percent, has typically been recorded over the decades.

The Democratic advantage is currently broader than it was in both 2016 and 2004, the last time a Republican president was elected by a popular voting majority. Democrats had similar advantages ahead of party victories in 2008 and 2012. However, the party had greater advantages before winning the popular vote in 1992, 1996 and 2000, according to Gallup.

The findings came in June as nationwide protests against racism and police brutality had spread across the country following the death of George Floyd while he was a police officer in Minneapolis. In the same period President TrumpDonald John TrumpGeorge Conway withdrew from Lincoln Project Kellyanne Conway to leave the White House at the end of the month Goodell from NFL to Kaepernick to protest: ‘I wish we had heard earlier’ MORE saw a 10-point drop in popularity amid widespread disapproval of his response to the protests.

Although protests continue across the country, the proportion of Americans who say they believe racial relations as racism is the number one problem is that America has fallen by 10 points, according to the new survey. Nineteen percent of Americans called it the most important problem in June, while 10 percent said the same in August. The president’s approval rating increased slightly to 42 percent over the same period.

Pollsters surveyed 1,031 adults in all states and the District of Columbia from July 30 to August 12. The results have a 4-point error limit.