{"id":87428,"date":"2026-10-15T07:50:42","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T11:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=87428"},"modified":"2026-10-15T07:50:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T11:50:42","slug":"world-watch-polls-claim-toughgoing-for-republicans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/world-watch-polls-claim-toughgoing-for-republicans\/","title":{"rendered":"World Watch: Polls Claim Toughgoing For Republicans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>From AP:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A strong majority of voters believe that President Donald Trump <span style=\"color: #000000;\">is falling short at home and abroad, and they want major change in <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/elections\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">the upcoming midterm elections<\/a><\/span>, according to <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/apnorc.org\/projects\/ahead-of-the-midterms-most-voters-cite-the-economy-and-cost-of-living-as-top-issues-and-favor-political-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">a new AP-NORC poll<\/a><\/span> that raises serious warning signs for the Republican Party at a critical moment.\u00a0The survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, conducted less than four weeks before Election Day, finds that registered voters who identify as Democrats are more enthusiastic than Republican voters about casting a ballot. More voters want Democrats to win control of Congress and have a more negative view of Republicans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Democratic advantage is small in some cases, but, taken together, the findings paint a challenging picture for Republicans, who are clinging to control of Congress under the weight of <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/iran\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">an unpopular war with Iran<\/a><\/span> and <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/cpi-inflation-consumer-prices-affordability-3985019a54c82421e6112fb57baba048\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">surging prices at home<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From AP: A strong majority of voters believe that President Donald Trump is falling short at home and abroad, and.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-news","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87428"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87431,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87428\/revisions\/87431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}