(CNN) Democrats are favored over the Republicans by a 54% to 38% margin in CNN's new congressional ballot poll. Although CNN polls have bounced around they share something in common that should worry congressional Republicans: voters are viewing their midterm choices based upon how they feel about Republican President Donald Trump. All told, the average of the three polls have congressional Republicans up by 77 points among Trump approvers, which is identical to the 77 points congressional Democrats lead by among Trump disapprovers. This may seem good for Republicans, but it's a big problem because Trump is far more disliked than he is liked. Even if Republicans win Trump approvers by 12 points more than Democrats win among Trump disapprovers, Democrats would still be projected to win the national House popular vote by 7 points.

Source: CNN February 27, 2018 14:26 UTC