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The United States will hold midterm elections on November 3, which will determine the majority of seats in the House and Senate.
The United States is about to hold midterm elections on November 3. A Reuters/Ipsos poll released today showed that U.S. President Trump's approval rating rose slightly to 32%, an increase of 1 percentage point from the record low set last week.
The midterm elections will determine which party dominates Congress, with Donald Trump's Republican Party fighting to retain a majority in the House and Senate. For the Republican Party, if it loses control of one of the houses, it may make it significantly more difficult for Trump to govern in the next two years of his term.
This five-day national poll by Reuters/Ipsos also showed that when asked "If an election were held today, which party would they prefer to support entering Congress," 47% of registered voters tended to support the Democratic Party and 36% tended to support the Republican Party; about 11% of the respondents said they were not sure which party they would vote for.
The actual voting situation remains to be seen; but the poll shows that among the "most likely to vote" voters, 53% prefer to support the Democratic Party and 44% prefer the Republican Party.
The main focus of this congressional battle falls on the issue of inflation. Since Trump ordered a military attack on Iran in February this year, gasoline prices have risen and inflation has increased significantly. The latest poll shows that 73% of voters believe that the cost of living is moving in the wrong direction.
Before the war broke out, Reuters/Ipsos polls showed that voters originally thought Republicans were better at running the economy than Democrats. However, the latest poll shows that on economic issues, 37% of voters believe that the Democratic Party has performed better, and 33% of voters support the Republican Party.
The poll also showed that in terms of enthusiasm for voting, 46% of Democrats said they were "very enthusiastic" about the midterm elections, compared with 30% of Republican voters.
Reuters/Ipsos conducted an online survey of 1,679 American adults, including 1,280 registered voters. The sampling error for all respondents is plus or minus 2 percentage points, and the sampling error for registered voters is plus or minus 3 percentage points.
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