CBS News polling gives Democrats slight House edge ahead of midterms

Left · 1CBS News said its latest Battleground Tracker favours Democrats with the midterm elections less than 10 days away, though questions about turnout remain. 1 Left · 1CBS News polling shows Democrats with a slight edge to win the majority in the House of Representatives. 2 3 Left · 1A CBS News poll also found that most people voting Democratic say they are trying to stop President Trump and Republican policies; CBS News' Anthony Salvanto walked through the data. 4

Left · 1CBS News also ran segments on why Democrats and Republicans say they are voting, and had a Democratic strategist, Joel Payne, and a Republican strategist, Mike Hahn, react to the polling and to Trump's likability. 5 6 Right · 1The conservative-leaning blog Hot Air, citing a separate POLITICO Poll rather than CBS's, reported that Democratic midterm voters are more motivated to oppose Trump than Republican voters are to support him. 7 Right · 1That poll also found that half of Republican voters would rather their local candidate aim to win even if it means speaking out against the president; Hot Air called the findings an "ominous sign" for Trump, while noting that the party out of power is often more motivated in a midterm year. 7