Source: New York Post
Despite President Trump clinching a positive approval rating, Republicans are facing an erosion of support from independents in a troubling warning sign heading into the midterm elections, a survey from a conservative pollster showed. Trump notched a 50%–46% positive to negative approval rating, but Democrats overtook Republicans for the first time this cycle on the generic congressional ballot question 45% to 44%, according to a conservative McLaughlin & Associates poll. “If Republicans need around 60 million votes in 2026 to retake the House, there are more than enough Trump voters to do it — but as of 2025, the 75 million Harris voters appear more energized,” pollsters John McLaughlin and Jim McLaughlin explained in a Newsmax piece on their poll.
