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US midterms 2026: What polls reveal about Democratic, Republican voters

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US midterms 2026: What polls reveal about Democratic, Republican voters

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US Midterms 2026: The country is about to get a new Congress. What do voters want? | This Is America Americans will vote in the US midterm elections on Tuesday, with the economy, the cost of living, and immigration among the top issues. The economy is the main concern for US voters, but Democrats and Republicans vary on the importance of issues like healthcare, immigration, and crime. Republican supporters were more concerned about immigration, with 72 percent saying it was very important, compared with 53 percent of Democrats. In the November 1 NBC News poll, 40 percent of registered-voter respondents approved of Trump’s overall job performance, compared with 60 percent who disapproved. The Pew Research Center also found that abortion and gun policy were less central to Democratic respondents in comparison with 2022. Among Republican voters, education policy and energy policy were less important than they were four years ago. Eric Ham, a former Democratic congressional staffer and Senate national security adviser, said that Trump’s global tariffs and the US-Israel war on Iran had added to the financial pressure on American households. “Americans are paying more not just in terms of self-inflicted wounds that President Donald Trump implemented through tariffs, but also if you look at this war of choice,” Ham told Al Jazeera. Surveys conducted in the final weeks before the election suggested voters preferred Democratic candidates or Democratic control of Congress over Republicans. An NBC poll conducted on October 28-30 and published on November 1 suggested that 52 percent of registered voters preferred Democratic control of Congress compared with 45 percent who preferred Republican control.

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From the economy and cost of living to immigration, polls suggest where American voters agree and disagree.

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