Trump approval near record low ahead of midterm elections, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds

The latest Reuters/Ipsos poll indicates that US President Donald Trump's approval rating is near a record low as the upcoming congressional elections loom, completed on Monday. A majority of registered voters in the poll, 46%, indicated they would cast their vote for Democrats in congressional elections, compared to 38% who chose Republicans, a gap of 8 percentage points, down from the 11-point advantage in a previous poll conducted a week earlier.

Generic ballot polls, which offer a broad view of which party voters prefer in Congress, reveal a national sentiment in favor of Democrats, although they do not account for the complexities of individual state and district races where Republicans hold some advantages.

Trump's presidential job approval stands at 32%, unchanged from last week and slightly higher than the record-low 31% from two weeks ago. Among registered voters, a significant 50% of independents expressed that their vote in congressional elections was a vote against Trump, 13% said it was a vote for Trump, and 33% felt the president's influence was not a factor in their decision. The poll surveyed 1,765 US adults online, with a margin of error of 2 percentage points.