72 percent of Democratic voters ‘extremely motivated' ahead of midterms
The survey, conducted this past weekend, shows 72 percent of Democrats and Democratic-leaning voters are 'extremely motivated' to vote ahead of the midterms, compared to 50 percent of Republicans and Republican-leaning voters.
Among Democrats, motivation to vote his increased in the early months of President Trump's term in office — up 10 points from October, when 62 percent of Democratic voters said they were eager to vote in the 2024 presidential elections.
Republican enthusiasm, meanwhile, has declined by 17 points from October, when 67 percent said they were extremely motivated to vote in the election.
In September of last year, 68 percent of voters from both parties said they were excited about voting in the 2024 election.
The latest data could be good news for Democratic Party, which saw nearly half as much enthusiasm in a poll taken in the October ahead of the 2022 midterm elections.
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In that poll, 44 percent of Democratic and Democratic-leaning voters were excited to vote in the midterms—close to the 48 percent of Republican and Republican-leaners who were eager to vote at the time.
In the 2022 election, Democrats kept the Senate but lost the House to GOP control. In the 2024 election, Republicans won the majority of both chambers of Congress.
The poll was conducted on July 10-13 and included 1,057 respondents. The margin of error is 3.5 percentage points.
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