Politics
Just four days remain before the US midterm elections, and the election campaign has entered its final stage. The latest national poll shows the Democratic Party leading the Republican Party.
Just four days remain before the US midterm elections, and the election campaign has entered its final stage. The latest national poll shows the Democratic Party leading the Republican Party. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump has cancelled two campaign rallies scheduled for the weekend in Kansas and Iowa, opting instead to address campaign gatherings by telephone in nearly 20 states. Separately, a legal dispute has emerged over the Senate election results in Alaska, potentially delaying their announcement.
According to the latest figures from RealClearPolling, Democrats have 4.51 percent supports nationally, compared with 2.43 percent for Republicans, giving the Democrats a lead of 2.8 percentage points. Charles Franklin, director of the Marquette Law School Poll and a professor of law and public policy, said that Trump’s declining approval ratings and economic problems were a source of concern for the Republican Party.
According to the latest Marquette Law School poll, released on October 28 and conducted in Wisconsin between October 14 and 22, Trump’s approval rating stood at 37 percent, while 61 percent of respondents expressed dissatisfaction with his performance. Only 16 percent said they were financially better off than they had been a year earlier. Meanwhile, 42 percent said their financial situation had worsened, while an equal proportion described it as largely unchanged.
Speaking to Al Jazeera, Franklin said Democratic voters were more enthusiastic about the election and more determined to turn out and vote. He said this situation was giving Democrats a significant advantage and also reflected Republican voters’ frustration with the current state of affairs in the country. According to a CNN poll released on Thursday in Texas, Democratic candidate James Talarico is leading Republican candidate Ken Paxton, with 49 percent support compared with Paxton’s 43 percent. The same poll showed Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed leading Republican candidate Mike Rogers in Michigan, with 49 percent support against Rogers’ 42 percent.
