Voters say midterm vote is mainly against Trump

Hear this story With less than six weeks until the November midterm elections, a plurality of American voters say their upcoming congressional vote will be "mainly a vote against President (Donald) Trump ," according to a new Marist University poll .

In the NPR and PBS News-sponsored poll , released Sept. 23, 45% of registered voters described their midterm vote as primarily a "vote against President Trump than a vote for him."

A majority of independents, 54%, said their vote was "a vote against" the president, with an overwhelming majority of Democrats, 80%, sharing the same sentiment. Among Republicans, 35% said the president did not factor into their vote in November.