NEW YORK (Diya TV) — President Donald Trump’s approval rating has fallen to 32%, a low in CNN polling, while registered voters favor Democratic candidates for Congress by 49% to 39%, according to a CNN poll conducted by SSRS. The results put economic dissatisfaction at the center of the final stretch before the Nov. 3 midterm elections.
The poll found that 41% of registered voters view their vote as opposition to Trump, compared with 20% who see it as support. Another 39% said their vote was not about him. More than three-quarters said the election gives them a chance to bring change to Washington.
Trump’s ratings on the economy and inflation fell below his overall approval: 27% approved of his handling of the economy, and 23% approved of his handling of inflation. Only 26% rated current economic conditions as good, while 30% said the country was generally going well. Among voters who named the economy as their top concern, Democrats led Republicans 46% to 37%; about three in 10 said neither party would do a good job.
The Democratic lead spans several voter groups. Registered voters favor Democrats by 70 points among Black voters, 40 points among Latino voters, 21 points among women and 15 points among independents. But the national ballot measure does not translate directly into House seats: many competitive races take place in districts President Trump carried by double digits, and mid-decade redistricting could limit Democratic gains.
Voters also remain divided over what a change in congressional control would accomplish. Forty-one percent said the country would be better off if Democrats won control of Congress; 37% said it would be worse off, and 22% expected no difference.
SSRS surveyed 1,701 U.S. adults, including 1,206 registered voters, from Oct. 15 to 18. The margin of error was 3.3 percentage points among registered voters and 2.9 points for the full sample.
A separate AP-NORC/AAPI Data survey found that economic pressure and health care also rank high among Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander adults. In that poll, conducted Sept. 8 to 15, 25% approved of Trump’s overall performance. Approval stood at 22% for his handling of the economy, 25% for health care and 32% for immigration. Nearly nine in 10 respondents named the economy as a major voting issue; 83% said the same about the cost of living, and 73% about health care.
Karthick Ramakrishnan, founder and executive director of AAPI Data, said the survey showed that Trump’s post-election gains among some AAPI voters had largely disappeared. The poll included 1,023 adults and had a margin of error of 4.7 percentage points.
A different AAPI Data and APIAVote survey, conducted from June 3 to July 27 among registered voters, found that 64% favored Democratic House candidates, compared with 22% who favored Republicans. Cost of living and inflation topped voters’ concerns in that survey as well.
The surveys show Democratic advantages in national vote preference and among AAPI respondents, while also documenting doubts about both parties. They measure opinion at the time of fieldwork; turnout and results in individual districts will determine control of Congress.
