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Trump Approval Falls To 33% As Democrats Gain Senate And House Chances, Poll Shows
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Trump's approval sits at about 33% to 34%, with roughly two-thirds disapproving. Democrats lead in House vote choice and hold strengthened chances to gain Senate control.
13 outlets told this the same way.
Midterms, Iran, and Gas
President Donald Trump’s approval rating fell to 33% in a Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll released Sunday, while 66% of US adults disapproved and 52% strongly disapproved. The same poll found 65% of respondents believed the war in Iran was a mistake, and it tied economic fallout to voters’ everyday lives. Democrats had a three in four chance to gain control of the Senate and a 94% chance to gain control of the House in Nate Silver’s forecast model with the November 3 midterm elections just over two weeks away.
Democrats led Republicans by 9.6 points on the generic ballot and Trump’s net approval was -22.3 in Silver’s aggregate of US national polls. Gasoline prices had jumped by up to 50% in some states since the outbreak of the war with Iran, and 71% of respondents called gasoline unaffordable.
Polls show GOP strain
NBC News reported that 71% of US adults thought the country was on the “wrong track,” and it said Trump’s approval rating slipped to 34% among US adults while his disapproval rose to 66%. NBC News also said 51% of respondents “strongly disapprove” of Trump’s performance, and it reported that registered voters preferred Democrats to Republicans to control Congress by a 55%-45% spread. The Washington Post said Trump’s approval was at 33 percent with 66 percent disapproving and just over half saying they disapprove strongly, and it described inflationary pressures as contributing to an acrid mood among voters.
New polls from the Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos, NBC News and Fox News put Trump’s approval at 33%, 34% and 36% respectively, and Democrats led Republicans by eight points in the Post poll, nine points in Fox’s and 10 points in NBC’s among registered voters. Fox and NBC found Trump’s approval among Republicans at 76%, while the Post put it at 79%, and 37% of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents wanted GOP leaders to take the party in a different direction from Trump.
What is at stake
Democrats had a three in four chance to gain control of the Senate and a 94% chance to gain control of the House in Nate Silver’s forecast model with the November 3 midterm elections just over two weeks away. Democrats led Republicans by 9.6 points on the generic ballot and Trump’s net approval was -22.3 in Silver’s aggregate of US national polls. Democrats had a three in four chance to gain control of the Senate and a 94% chance to gain control of the House in Nate Silver’s forecast model with the November 3 midterm elections just over two weeks away.
Democrats had a three in four chance to gain control of the Senate and a 94% chance to gain control of the House in Nate Silver’s forecast model with the November 3 midterm elections just over two weeks away. Democrats had a three in four chance to gain control of the Senate and a 94% chance to gain control of the House in Nate Silver’s forecast model with the November 3 midterm elections just over two weeks away.