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Lawmakers from both major U.S. political parties have increasingly expressed discomfort with the growing use of congressional censure as a political tool.

A 2025 NPR/PBS News/Marist poll found that when respondents were asked whom they would vote for in the 2026 midterm elections if held at the time of the survey, Democratic candidates led Republican candidates by 14 percentage points.

Marjorie Taylor Greene is a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from the state of Georgia.

Most county clerks in Colorado are affiliated with the Republican Party.

Districts centered on urban areas tend to lean Democratic, while districts that include more rural areas tend to lean Republican.

A 2025 NPR/PBS News/Marist poll of 1,443 U.S. adults conducted Nov. 10–13, 2025 found that respondents said they would vote for Democratic congressional candidates over Republican candidates by 55% to 41%.

A November 10–13, 2025 NPR/PBS News/Marist national poll of registered voters found 55% would vote for the Democratic candidate in their House district, 41% would vote for the Republican candidate, 3% would vote for another party, and 1% were unsure.

The November 10–13, 2025 NPR/PBS News/Marist national poll found Democrats led Republicans on the generic ballot by 14 percentage points (55% vs. 41%).

John Thune is the United States Senate Majority Leader representing South Dakota and is a member of the Republican Party.

As of 2025, Republicans had won five of the ten most recent New Jersey gubernatorial elections.

New Jersey tends to be politically 'purple' in gubernatorial elections, historically electing governors from both the Democratic and Republican parties even when the state leans Democratic in presidential and U.S. Senate races.

Republican presidential candidates carried Virginia in ten consecutive elections from 1968 through 2004, and Democratic presidential candidates carried Virginia in the five presidential elections from 2008 through 2024.

As of October 29, 2025, registered Democrats in California outnumber registered Republicans by nearly 2-to-1.

As of October 29, 2025, Republicans hold nine of California's 52 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Within Republican Party discourse, the label 'interventionists' is used to describe members who support actions such as regime change in Venezuela and sending advanced weaponry to Ukraine.

As of 2025, registered Democrats outnumber registered Republicans in New Jersey despite gains in Republican voter registration during the 2020s.

As of 2025, Republican candidates have won five of the last ten New Jersey gubernatorial elections.

By 2025, Republicans had been making electoral inroads with Hispanic voters along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Republicans won five of the ten most recent New Jersey gubernatorial elections prior to 2025.

Mike Johnson is the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and is a Republican from Louisiana.

Nearly all U.S. states that have restricted or banned gender-affirming care for minors have fully Republican-led state governments (information current as of 2025-10-09).

A 2025 Pew Research Center survey found notable changes since September 2021: overall frustration with the Democratic Party increased to 75% from 64% in September 2021; the share saying the Democratic Party makes them feel hopeful fell to 28% from 39% in 2021 and the share saying it makes them feel proud fell to 16% from 25% in 2021; by contrast, the shares saying the Republican Party makes them feel hopeful and proud rose to 36% (from 31% in 2021) and 27% (from 21% in 2021), respectively, while Republican-party frustration edged down to 64% from 68% in 2021.

A 2025 Pew Research Center survey found that 960,000 of the United States' Indian population of 4.9 million (approximately 20%) lived in California.

As of November 6, 2024, North Carolina's U.S. House delegation consisted of 10 Republicans and 4 Democrats out of 14 seats.

As of November 6, 2024, North Carolina's statewide executive offices included a Democratic governor, a Democratic lieutenant governor, and a Democratic attorney general, while both of the state's U.S. senators were Republicans.

Suburban areas surrounding New York City were cited as influential to Republican performance in U.S. House elections in 2022 and 2024.

In 2023, the Republican Party's advantage on public agreement with crime policy issues was 10 percentage points.

In 2023, the Republican Party had a 12-percentage-point advantage over the Democratic Party on public agreement with economic policy.

In 2023, 26% of Americans said they agreed with neither the Republican nor the Democratic Party on economic policy.

A congressional map enacted in Indiana in 2021 gave the Republican Party a 7-2 advantage in the state's U.S. House delegation.

Public attitudes toward nuclear power in the United States have softened in recent years, and nuclear energy has attracted political support from members of both the Republican and Democratic parties.

Republican efforts to repeal or dismantle the Affordable Care Act during President Donald Trump’s first term failed and have been linked to Republican losses in the 2018 U.S. midterm elections.

Some Republican lawmakers argue that extensions or the design of Affordable Care Act premium tax credits have been inflationary and have increased healthcare costs for Americans.

Virginia is widely considered a politically competitive U.S. state where both the Republican and Democratic parties actively compete for control.

Candidates for California governor can come from multiple parties, including the Democratic Party, the Republican Party, and third parties such as the Green Party.

Voter identification laws in the United States require voters to present government-issued identification before casting a ballot, and such laws have been adopted in several U.S. states, primarily those controlled by the Republican Party.

Both Republican and Democratic U.S. administrations have maintained a policy of "strategic ambiguity" on Taiwan, avoiding a public commitment about whether the United States would militarily defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese attack.

Nigel Farage, founder of the U.K. Independence Party, has spoken at rallies for U.S. President Donald Trump on multiple occasions and has appeared alongside Republican Party figures.

Jay Jones is a member of the Democratic Party and Jason Miyares is a member of the Republican Party.

New York has a Democratic voter registration advantage, with Democrats holding a major edge in registered voters compared to Republicans.