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Cheney Threatens to Further Isolate Republican Party


Democracy Corps finds the Republican Party "with a net favorability rating of -15 points (30% favorable, 45% unfavorable. By comparison, the Democratic Party enjoys a relatively strong +8 rating (46% favorable, 38% unfavorable). The image gap between the two parties also remains near its all-time high."

Furthermore, Dick Cheney's "persistent visibility does not appear to be helping matters for the Republicans. With a net favorability of -20 (31% favorable, 51% unfavorable), the former vice president is at his lowest level of popularity since Democracy Corps first measured it in 1999. Cheney is a deeply divisive figure, popular only with the conservative base of the Republican Party but unpopular with everyone else, including independents (among whom he has net -26 favorability rating) and moderate Republicans. In fact, President Obama (+5) is more popular with moderate Republicans than Cheney (-9)."