Trump’s job approval at 32%, near an all-time low; Democrats lead by 8 points

【Financial News, New York = Correspondent Byung-cheol Lee】 With the U.S. midterm elections just a day away, President Donald Trump’s job approval rating was found to be hovering near its all-time low. Democrats lead Republicans by 8 percentage points, although the gap between the two parties’ support ratings has narrowed from a week ago. In particular, half of independent voters view this election as a vote against President Trump, the survey found.
 According to Reuters on the 2nd (local time), a Reuters/Ipsos poll released that day put President Trump’s job approval rating at 32%. That was unchanged from a week earlier and just 1 percentage point above the all-time low of 31% recorded two weeks ago.
Among registered voters, 46% said they would vote for a Democratic candidate in the midterms, 8 percentage points more than the 38% who said they would choose a Republican candidate. However, the Democrats’ lead narrowed by 3 percentage points from the 11-point margin recorded in a poll a week earlier.
In particular, 50% of independents said their vote in this midterm election would be a vote against President Trump. By contrast, just 13% said they were voting to support him. A further 33% said President Trump had no influence on their voting decision.
Reuters explained that although nationwide party support favored Democrats, the actual distribution of seats in the House and Senate could vary depending on contests in each state and district. Republicans have structural advantages in some districts, it said.
The poll was conducted online among 1,765 U.S. adults, with a margin of error of ±2 percentage points.



[email protected] Byung-cheol Lee, correspondent Reporter