2018 Midterm Election Polls: Final Predictions

By Michael Gryboski, Editor Monday, November 05, 2018

National Trends

President Donald J. Trump walks across the South Lawn of the White House Sunday, March 25, 2018, returning home from his trip to New York. | (Official White House Photo by Andrea Hanks)

RealClearPolitics averaged a series of polls from such prominent entities as Rasmussen Reports, Gallup, Quinnipiac, and NPR/Marist, among others.

In a report accessed the day before Tuesday's midterms, RCP showed that President Donald Trump had a job approval rating of 43.6 percent and a disapproval rating of 53.2 percent.

This is slightly lower than last week, when President Trump's approval rating was at 44.4 percent, yet slightly stronger than three weeks ago when he had an approval rating of 43.2 percent.

For their generic congressional vote data, also accessed Monday, RCP had the Democrats ahead with 49.7 percent, while the Republicans had 42.4 percent.

Throughout the midterm election season, RCP has had the Democrats ahead of the Republicans in their generic congressional vote data.