Nearly half of likely voters believe President Donald Trump is hurting his own party less than four weeks before the midterm elections, according to a new Daily Mail/YouGov poll.
Forty-nine percent said Trump is damaging Republican candidates’ prospects—more than twice the 20 percent who said he is helping them.
The concern is particularly pronounced among independents, 54 percent of whom said the president is harming the GOP’s chances.
Eighteen percent of Republicans expressed the same view, compared with 77 percent of Democrats.
A further 17 percent of likely voters said Trump is neither helping nor hurting Republican candidates, while 14 percent were unsure.
The results come as Trump has mounted a campaign blitz through Republican strongholds, most recently appearing at rallies in Nebraska and Texas, while control of Congress remains uncertain ahead of the midterms.
The survey of 1,053 US adult citizens was conducted from October 1 to 5 and carries a margin of error of plus or minus 4.2 percentage points.
Forty percent of voters said Trump would bear the greatest responsibility for Republican losses in November. Only 10 percent placed that responsibility on GOP leaders in Congress.
President Donald Trump rallies Republicans in Nebraska
Trump, meanwhile, has moved to blame Republicans for failing to motivate their voters before the midterms.
“The question is, will they vote? Because a lot of them are very angry at Republicans, to be honest with you. … They’re angry at Republicans, but they’re not angry at me,” he said in an August interview.
Among Republicans surveyed, 19 percent said Trump would be responsible for a defeat, while 11 percent blamed GOP leaders in Congress.
Another 10 percent of Republicans attributed a loss to the party’s candidates themselves.
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Twenty-four percent pointed instead to economic conditions beyond politicians’ control.
President Donald Trump welcomes incumbent US Senator and Senate candidate Pete Ricketts (R-NE) on stage at a rally
Trump has been campaigning in traditionally safe Republican states, urging his supporters to turn out and vote in the midterms.
In recent days, he traveled to Dallas, Texas, to support Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton; Oklahoma to campaign for congressional Republicans; and Alabama to back Senator Tommy Tuberville, who is running for governor.
He also visited Nebraska to campaign alongside Republican Senator Pete Ricketts and Ohio to support Senator Jon Husted.
“When I’m on the ballot, we get everybody. So, just close your eyes and pretend I’m on the ballot,” Trump said at an Alabama rally last week.
However, the unpopular war in Iran, along with elevated gas and food prices, mortgage rates and inflation, continues to weigh on Republicans as Democrats campaign against what they describe as the president’s failure to address the high cost of living.
President Donald Trump has stepped up his campaign travel for the midterms, traveling to traditionally safe Republican states
The Democrats earn more support from likely voters in the survey, when asked which party they trusted to make their family financially better.
Thirty-five percent selected Democrats to improve their financial situation, while 29 percent selected the Republican party.
Twenty-nine percent of likely voters said that they trusted neither party to help them financially and seven percent were not sure.
Trump publicly maintains that Republicans will sweep in the election, and promised ‘big surprises’ coming before voters head to the polls in a few weeks.