A new Gallup poll finds the Republican Party with a favorable rating of 28 percent — the lowest rating either party has registered since Gallup first started asking the question in 1992. Along with being the lowest rating in 21 years, the 28 percent approval number also represents a 10-point drop since the Republicans' previous approval rating of 38 percent.

In more bad news for the GOP, Gallup finds that "more than six in 10 Americans now view the GOP unfavorably." This, too, is a new record.

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Regarding the polls' implications, Gallup's Andrew Dugan notes that while both parties have seen their favorability drop in light of the ongoing government shutdown, Republicans are "clearly taking a bigger political hit."

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