With less than two months left until the U.S. midterm elections in Nov., a survey was found that the biggest driver bringing Democratic supporters to the polls is a desire to check President Donald Trump.
According to a CBS News poll on the 13th (local time), 54% of Democratic-leaning voters said they would vote to block policies pushed by President Trump and the Republican Party. Responses that they would vote to advance policies pursued by the Democratic Party came to 46%.
By contrast, 57% of Republican-leaning voters said they would vote to help advance the policies of President Trump and the Republican Party. Responses that they would vote to block the Democratic Party were 43%. Among Democratic supporters, anti-Trump sentiment is strong, while among Republican supporters, pro-Trump tendencies are relatively stronger.
The outlook for elections to the U.S. House, where Republicans currently hold a narrow majority, appears favorable to the Democratic Party. If an election were held, 54% said they would support the Democratic candidate in their district. That is 8 percentage points higher than responses favoring the Republican candidate (46%).
The current U.S. House has 218 Republican seats, 214 Democratic seats, and one independent. There are two vacancies.
In particular, President Trump's low job approval is expected to be a burden for Republicans. The share approving of Trump's job performance was 39%. In contrast, negative evaluations were 61%. Approval of his economic policy was 34%, and approval of his response to prices was 27%, both lower than his overall job approval.
Another finding indicated that Trump's endorsement of specific Republican candidates could actually produce unfavorable results. Among likely voters, 48% said they would be less likely to vote for a candidate if President Trump endorsed that person. Only 21% said they would be more likely to vote for that candidate.
CBS News conducted the poll with YouGov over four days starting on the 8th, targeting 2,460 U.S. adults.