Republicans have seemingly lost the momentum they had going into last fall’s elections, which saw them make significant gains in congressional seats, including taking partisan control of the Senate. After those victories, Americans’ overall opinions of the Democratic Party worsened while the public grew slightly more positive toward the GOP.

Republicans were able to maintain an even footing with Democrats through the first quarter of this year, but in the second quarter, the percentage of Democratic identifiers and leaners increased by three percentage points while the percentage of Republican identifiers and leaners decreased by three points. As a result, Democrats are now back to where they were in 2013 and early 2014.