Growing share of Americans say their side in politics has been losing more often than winning

With the midterm elections less than two months away, an increasing share of Americans say that their side in politics has been losing more often than it has been winning.

About seven-in-ten U.S. adults (72%) say that, on the issues that matter to them, their side in politics has been losing more often than winning. Just 24% say their side has been winning more often than losing.

The share saying they feel like their side is losing politically has increased 7 percentage points since last year and 16 points since early 2020.

The change in the last year has come among members of both parties. Today, about eight-in-ten Republicans and Republican-leaning independents (81%) say they feel that their side is losing more often than winning politically, up from 74% who said this in 2021. In February 2020, with President Donald Trump in the White House, just 29% of Republicans said their side was losing more often than winning, while 69% said it was mostly winning.