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Donald Trump approval rating rises to 32 percent before midterms

A new Reuters Ipsos poll shows United States President Donald Trump's approval rating rose slightly to 32 percent ahead of the upcoming midterm elections.

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United States President Donald Trump's public approval rating has risen to 32 percent, up one percentage point from a record low last week. The Irish Examiner, Reuters, Arab News PK, Internazionale, UA.NEWS, and BreakingNews.ie all reported that the five-day nationwide poll completed on Monday was conducted by Reuters and Ipsos ahead of the November 3 midterm elections. [1][2][3][4][5][6]

The Irish Examiner reported that registered voters favored Democrats over Republicans by 47 percent to 36 percent when asked which party they would support. Additionally, 11 percent of respondents said they did not know who they would vote for if the election were held today. [1]

Donald Trump is serving as the 47th president of the United States and previously served as the 45th president from 2017 to 2021. As FTMQ News reported earlier, his approval rating stood at 36 percent in previous polling where 59 percent of likely voters disapproved of his job performance. [7][8]

The upcoming midterm elections will determine control of the United States Congress. The Irish Examiner reported that members of the Republican Party are currently fighting to retain their majorities in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. [1]

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In short

  • Donald Trump's public approval rating rose one percentage point to 32 percent in a Reuters and Ipsos poll.
  • Registered voters preferred Democrats over Republicans by 47 percent to 36 percent.
  • 11 percent of surveyed voters said they did not know who they would vote for if the election were held today.
  • Republicans are seeking to keep their majorities in the House of Representatives and Senate in the November 3 elections.

Sources

Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.

  1. [1]Trump approval rises from record low to 32% ahead of midterm electionirishexaminer.com, 4h ago (the report this story comes from)
  2. [2]Trump approval rises from record low to 32% ahead of midterm election, Reuters Ipsos poll findsReuters, 14h ago
  3. [3]Trump approval rises from record low to 32 percent ahead of midterm election, Reuters Ipsos poll findsArab News PK, 9h ago
  4. [4]Trump approval rises from record low to 32% ahead of midterm election, Reuters Ipsos poll findsInternazionale, 16h ago
  5. [5]Trump’s approval rating rises to 32% ahead of congressional elections — Jerusalem PostUA.NEWS, 14h ago
  6. [6]Trump approval rises from record low to 32% ahead of midterm electionBreakingNews.ie, 3h ago

Background

  1. [7]Donald Trump on Wikipedia
  2. [8]Trump approval rating drops to 36 percent before midterms FTMQ News, 6d ago
  3. [9]Black turnout rises in early voting across North Carolina FTMQ News, 3d ago

Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 9 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.

Earlier reports of ours on the same people and subjects.

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