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The biggest factor driving Democratic supporters to the polls in the November U.S. midterm elections has been found to be the desire to check President Donald Trump.
According to a CBS News poll released on the 13th (local time), 54% of Democratic-leaning voters responded that blocking the policies pursued by President Trump and the Republican Party is their main motivation for voting.
Meanwhile, 46% answered that they would vote to support the policies pursued by the Democratic Party.
On the other hand, 57% of Republican-leaning voters answered that they would vote to help President Trump and the Republican Party advance their policies.
Responses indicating they would vote to block the Democratic Party stood at 43%.
This shows that anti-Trump sentiment is relatively strong among the Democratic base, while pro-Trump tendencies are stronger among the Republican base.
The election landscape for the U.S. House of Representatives, where the Republican Party currently maintains a narrow majority, was surveyed as being favorable to the Democratic Party.
If the election were held, 54% of respondents said they would support the Democratic candidate in their district, which is 8 percentage points higher than the 46% who said they would support the Republican candidate.
Currently, the U.S. House of Representatives consists of 218 seats for the Republican Party, 214 seats for the Democratic Party, 1 independent, and 2 vacancies.
President Trump's low job approval rating could also act as a burden for the Republican Party.
Responses approving of President Trump's handling of the job stood at 39%, while negative evaluations reached 61%.
Approval ratings for economic policy stood at 34%, and for inflation response at 27%, both lower than his overall job approval rating.
In connection with this, about three-quarters of registered voters responded that high inflation is causing financial hardship or burden on their households.
Additionally, poll results showed that President Trump's endorsement of certain Republican candidates could actually lead to unfavorable outcomes.
Forty-eight percent of likely voters responded that if President Trump endorses a specific candidate, it would make them less likely to vote for that candidate.
Conversely, only 21% responded that it would make them more likely to vote.
CBS News conducted the poll with YouGov, surveying 2,460 American adults over four days starting from the 8th.