More Americans Align with Democrats Than at Any Point Since 2008, Top Polling Firm Finds

Gallup finds Democrats’s advantage over the GOP in preferred political affiliation is twice what it was in 2018.

The facade of the Gallup, Inc. headquarters building at Washington, D.C., is seen on November 27, 2023. — The facade of the Gallup, Inc. headquarters building at Washington, D.C., is seen on November 27, 2023. Via Wikimedia Commons

MATTHEW RICE

Mar 31, 2026, 10:35 AM ET