President Donald Trump has spent months campaigning for Republicans, and despite his best efforts, most voters believe he's hurting his own party's chances, according to the final Daily Mail/Ipsos poll.
Among registered voters, 55 percent said Trump is hurting Republicans' chances in the 2026 midterm elections. Fewer than half of Republicans, 48 percent, say Trump is helping. And 60 percent of independents believe he's hurting.
The Daily Mail/Ipsos poll surveyed 1,021 US adults, including 810 registered voters, between October 30 and November 1. The margin of error is ±3.5 points for registered voters.
Just one in five, 20 percent, say the president's efforts are helping.
Among Republicans, 21 percent believe the president is a drag on their party's campaign efforts.
The president has traveled to over two dozen states and held at least two dozen events since launching a midterm blitz in September.
While he is absent from any ballot, he's asked voters to head to the polls with the same enthusiasm as though he too is up for re-election.
But perhaps because of his pleas, or despite them, voters are bracing for a rough night for Republicans.
Among registered voters, the president was found to be particularly unpopular, and 55 percent said he is hurting Republicans' chances in the 2026 midterm elections
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Among registered voters, 48 percent expect Democrats to gain seats in the House of Representatives while just 24 percent expect the GOP to make advances.
Fifteen percent of Republicans expect Democrats to gain House seats.
In the Senate, where polls show tighter races, it is 43 percent to 26 percent, according to the survey.
Should Democrats take control of both chambers, Trump would need to negotiate with liberal lawmakers to get any legislation he wants passed by Congress.
It could also mean that Democrats open a slew of investigations into the president, his advisers and family, a gambit some Democrats have already openly been discussing.
The poll results also show that Democrats are more energized: 56 percent of Democratic voters say they are more enthusiastic about this election than previous ones, while just 37 percent of Republicans and 28 percent of independents say the same.
Out of all the political persuasions, independents were the most likely to say they are less enthusiastic, at 22 percent.
Driving the perceived Democratic wave are concerns over the economy and corruption.
Voters ranked the cost of living and the economy as their top concern heading into Tuesday's midterm elections
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Forty-five percent said the economy and the cost of living were the most important factors in deciding their vote.
Corruption was the second greatest concern, with 16 percent, while democratic values and norms got 15 percent and immigration 9 percent.
Voters are also uneasy about the integrity of this election.
Sixty-three percent of registered voters are concerned that results could be tampered with. That includes 68 percent of Democrats and 66 percent of Republicans.
Republicans are seeing traditionally red areas under threat of turning blue after a deluge of polling over the last month showed narrowing races in Texas, Alaska, Kansas and even Mississippi.
While Trump has visited all those states to prop up candidates there, Tuesday's results will determine whether the president's campaigning efforts were enough to pad up expected GOP losses or expedite Democratic gains.
The president has set expectations low since late last year, when he first mused publicly how the party of the sitting president, in this case, the GOP, typically takes beatings in midterm elections.
Most voters feel he's made it worse.
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