As punchline after punchline landed with a thud, Trump started openly grousing about the bad jokes he’d been given. ), and then spent the 1930s fighting against the disastrous policies of the party he’d returned to. A majority of Americans look set to choose the Democratic party over the Republicans this fall. But they share your doubts about the Democratic party, which clocks in at only about 38 percent approval. Democrats don’t have to enchant the American public over the next three months.