The Republican Party’s approval rating among Americans has risen to its highest level in more than seven years.

Some 45 percent of Americans have a favorable view of the GOP, compared with just 36 percent one year ago, according to new data compiled by Gallup.

The approval rating for Republicans is at its highest level since January 2011, when 47 percent of Americans had a positive view of the party.

In comparison, the Democratic Party had a 44 percent approval rating, the same as last year.

The GOP had higher approval ratings in just one other Gallup poll in the past decade.

After the midterm elections in November 2014, the GOP had an approval rating of 42 percent, compared with 36 for Democrats.