Separate polls reported low approval ratings for President Trump as U.S. midterm elections approached. An AP Voter Poll found that roughly six in 10 voters disapproved of how Trump was handling the presidency, while a Reuters/Ipsos poll put his job-approval rating at 32 percent.
The AP poll also indicated that voters wanted Congress to place more checks on an unpopular president, according to the report’s headline. The two surveys used different measures and reported their findings separately. A separate Common Defense poll of 731 active-duty service members, veterans and military families found 67 percent believed military decisions under Trump were being made for political reasons.