American are saying Democrats are espousing priorities that are not representative of voters, according to polling conducted by Ipsos and The New York Times last month.
The Times/Ipsos poll conducted after President Donald Trump's election victory was certified in early January revealed Americans' priorities more closely match that of Republican Party election messaging priorities.
Those polled found economy, immigration, taxes, crime, and healthcare costs to be priorities for them, the first three also considered priorities by the Republican Party in the respondents' view. Those people sensed Democrats were most concerned about abortion, LGBT policies, climate change, and the state of democracy, according to the Times.
Democrats are being rejected by American voters after Trump won the Electoral College, popular vote, and all seven key battleground states last November.
"Democrats should have paid a lot more attention to the cost of living," Silver Arenas, 27, told the Times.
"They're not trying to hurt people, they're just stupid," he added.
A Quinnipiac University poll revealed this week a 57% unfavorable rating for Democrats, an all-time high, according to the Times.
The poll results come after Democrats have gathered this weekend to pick Minnesota's Ken Martin as the new Democratic National Committee chair and Democrats and even the Times are concerned the part is "leaderless, rudderless, and divided" with "no coherent message," according to a report in The New York Times of 50 Democrat leaders.
The Ipsos poll conducted for The New York Times polled 2,128 adults nationwide Jan. 2-10. The poll results have a margin of error of plus or minus 2.6 percentage points.
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