Sunday 18 September 2022 08:32 PM Trump's approval rating down to 16-month low while midterm voters are split on ... trends now
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Donald Trump's approval rating has sunk to its lowest point since April 2021, a new poll suggests on Sunday, just days after the ex-president announced two new campaign events for candidates he's endorsed in the midterms.
The tides appear to be shifting there too, the NBC News survey suggests, with Republicans and Democrats now deadlocked in Congressional preferences after months of GOP dominance.
Trump is fresh off of one of his signature Make America Great Again rallies on Saturday night. He was in Youngstown, Ohio to stump for Senate candidate JD Vance as well as three hopefuls for the House of Representatives.
But Sunday's NBC News poll suggests that his appeal may be fading across the country, even despite a recent boost in support seen in other surveys since the FBI's Mar-a-Lago raid.
Thirty-four percent of respondents said they view Trump positively, while 54 percent said the opposite.
In a nod to his divisive nature, the two largest shares of voters said they