Midterm elections historically favor the White House’s opposition party — the House majority has flipped in every midterm since 2002 — but if President Donald Trump wants to do the improbable there, he will have to gin up GOP voter enthusiasm.

A new CNN poll has found Democrats are more motivated than Republicans for the midterms, understandable considering those coming off the November loss have the axe to grind, but there remains a negativity within the Democrat base that Republicans could capitalize on.

Democrats have a 22-point edge over Republicans on midterm voter enthusiasm, but just 28% of Americans have a favorable view of the Democratic Party, the lowest in the history of CNN’s polling dating back to 2022, according to the poll conducted by SSRS.

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