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President Trump promises to be a key factor in November's midterm elections - both because Democrats want to vote against him and Republicans want to vote to support him. Many polls have sought to gauge how Trump and a variety of issues are factoring into Americans' voting decisions this fall, but a new survey finds interesting results using a different type of question: Asking voters who support Democrats or Republicans for Congress to explain "Why?" - in their own words.
President Trump's job approval rating in the RealClearPolitics average of polls is 39.9 percent. That's actually up a bit from Trump's low of 37.4 percent, reached on August 14. The RCP average, made up of results from the most recent surveys, is a national measure.
Americans are losing faith in democracy - and in each other - Nathaniel Persily is a professor at Stanford Law School. Jon Cohen is chief research officer for SurveyMonkey. - If there had been any doubt, it has now become clear that this election campaign is about more than the selection