Americans' opinion of Republican Party on the rise

Americans’ opinion of the Republican Party is on the rise, according to a new poll from The Economist/YouGov.

In the poll, 45 percent of Americans said they feel “favorable” toward the Republican Party, up 6 points from an Economist/YouGov poll in late October, when 39 percent said they felt favorable toward GOP.

The number of Americans in the newer Economist/YouGov poll who said they felt "unfavorable" toward the GOP also went down from late October, falling from 53 percent to 47 percent.

In contrast, Americans' feelings about the Democratic Party in the new poll were worse than the previous month. Thirty-nine percent said they felt "favorable" toward the Democrats in late November, versus 44 percent the month before.

Also in late October, 50 percent of Americans said they felt "unfavorable" toward the Democrats versus 53 percent in late November.

President-elect Trump’s election victory and impending return to the White House has rattled Democrats, who also lost both the House and Senate to their Republican counterparts.

There have been ongoing conversations in the party about what led to Democrats' struggles at the polls this year, with some centrists saying the party went too left and liberals saying it didn’t go left enough.

A recent SAY24 and YouGov poll found that despite a debate among Democrats over whether Vice President Harris was the right choice to face off against Trump, she received more votes for president than some other Democratic alternatives to President Biden would have received.

The Economist/YouGov poll took place Nov. 23-26 and featured 1,590 people with a 3.2 percentage point margin of error.