PoliticsTrump approval near record low on eve of US midterms, poll finds

A Reuters/Ipsos poll found 32 percent of respondents approved of Trump’s presidential performance, up one point from two weeks earlier. Democrats led Republicans 46 percent to 38 percent in preferences for a generic candidate. Trump campaigned for Republicans in Washington, while acknowledging that sitting presidents often lose midterms.

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