Trump approval rating hits record low, handing Democrats a clear midterm edge
Key Facts President Trump’s approval rating has hit a new low for his term, according to polls released on October 18 by the Washington Post, NBC News and Axios, with multiple independent surveys pointing in the same direction. Negative sentiment is rising simultaneously across three tracks — economic anxiety, foreign-policy disagreement and dissatisfaction with government operations — handing Democrats a clear edge in the midterms. Open discussion of the polling outlook has begun inside the Republican Party, and several congressional campaigns are being forced to shift resources from an expansionary footing to a more defensive mobilisation strategy. ...