Rasmussen Poll Puts Trump Approval at 42%

Election Day coverage includes AP’s election-results service, which presents itself as a nonpartisan source for reporting winners. In North Carolina’s Piedmont, forecasters expected sunny, dry conditions, with temperatures rising from the upper 40s in the morning to the 70s in the afternoon. A University of Virginia student newspaper poll surveyed 58 respondents about their midterm voting choices and views, while cautioning that its voluntary sample was not representative of the student body. Separately, a Rasmussen tracking poll reported that 42% of likely voters approved of President Trump’s job performance and 56% disapproved; the results were based on a five-day rolling average of interviews with 1,500 likely voters.