The US Republican Party sees its advantage reduced in the polls for the elections to the House of Representatives

MADRID, 28 Ago. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Republican Party continues to be the favorite to win the majority of seats in the US House of Representatives ahead of the legislative elections in November, but they have lost ground in recent weeks due to the recent economic measures adopted by the country's president, Democrat Joe Biden, and the return of former President Donald Trump to the public scene as a result of the FBI raid in search of classified documents in his mansion in Mar-A-Lago (Florida).

According to the study of the American network CBS, the Republican Party would obtain 226 seats right now, twelve more than the majority, compared to 209 for the Democratic Party. However, they have lost four more seats compared to the July polls, three months before an election in which they hope to recover the majority lost in the 2019 midterms.

The economic crisis is the main factor that is encouraging those surveyed to lean towards the Republican Party, but measures adopted by Biden such as his recent fiscal boost plan, added to decisions by the conservative Supreme Court against abortion rights, are beginning to weigh on the minds of voters.

Similarly, many undecided are considering betting on the Democratic Party after the reappearance of Trump and the victories of many of his supporters, who have repeated the messages that boosted him to victory in 2016, in the Republican primaries for the lower house. congressional.

The decline in gasoline prices in recent weeks has caused many Americans to perceive an improvement in the economic situation, although their prospects are still bleak, according to the CBS poll. The fear of a recession remains.

The CBS News/YouGov Battleground Tracker poll was conducted with a nationally representative sample of 2,126 registered voters interviewed between August 24-26 with a margin of error of +/- 2.4 points.