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Trump's approval stands at 32%, up one point from last week. Democrats hold an 8-point lead on the generic congressional ballot.
11 outlets told this the same way.
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Midterms near, GOP on defense
Donald Trump’s approval rating inched higher to 32% as a Reuters/Ipsos poll completed on Monday put Democrats ahead of Republicans ahead of the November 3 midterm elections that will decide which party controls Congress. The United States may be within a week of momentous political change in midterm elections that could destroy the Republican Party’s monopoly on Washington and hand Democrats power to check President Donald Trump. Reuters/Ipsos polling showed registered voters broadly favoured Democrats over Republicans by 47% to 36% on the generic ballot question, while 11% said they did not know who they would vote for if the election were held today.
A new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll found that the cost of living was top of mind overall, with a third of people saying they’ve experienced financial hardship in the past year and 4 in 10 saying their personal finances have gotten worse. Shun Maurice, a 47-year-old from Arizona, said, "They're too expensive for everybody, no matter who you voted for."
Poll numbers and turnout
Reuters/Ipsos polling showed Democrats leading by 9 percentage points when undecided voters who were leaning toward a party were factored in, with Democrats at 50% to 41%. 38% of registered voters approved of the job President Trump is doing, while 61% disapproved. Likely voters say Democrats hold an 8-point lead among likely voters in the fight for control of Congress with one week until Election Day, and it said Democratic voters are more eager to turn out than Republicans.
Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist Institute for Public Opinion, said, "The underlying factor is that Democrats are getting more Republicans than Republicans are getting Democrats." The Marist Poll found voters favor Democrats over Republicans by 52-44 percent, and it said 44 percent of respondents would use their vote for Congress as a referendum against President Trump.
What is at stake
For Republicans, losing control of either chamber could complicate Trump’s agenda in the last two years of his second term as president, Reuters/Ipsos polling said. Democrats would likely launch an onslaught of investigation against Trump and senior administration figures if they win control of the House. Likely voters say by a 2-to-1 margin that their midterm ballot is a vote against him rather than for him.
77 percent of respondents said they are confident that their state or local government will conduct elections fair and accurately, while 21 percent said they are not very confident or not confident at all about the results. Joel Payne said, "The House feels fairly settled for Democrats," while Melik Abdul said, "It's not looking so great for us."
