Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci predicted Republican losses in Tuesday’s U.S. midterm elections, saying a large Democratic victory could shift control of Congress and deepen divisions within President Donald Trump’s party.
A Pew Research Center survey conducted Sept. 28-Oct. 4 found that 44% of 3,917 registered voters favored a Democratic candidate for the House, while 36% favored a Republican. In a separate question, 65% of 5,062 U.S. adults said Trump’s economic policies had worsened conditions; 19% said they had improved them.
The ballot question measures national preferences rather than the outcome of individual races. The economic question covered the full survey of 5,062 adults, including the registered voters, and asked about the effects of Trump’s policies rather than vote choice. EconoTimes previously covered a separate October midterm ballot test that also put Democrats ahead.
Scaramucci, founder of SkyBridge Capital, gave his forecast in a Nov. 3 interview with CNBC’s Squawk Box Europe. “I think the president’s going to get trounced,” he said. He also predicted “a great intellectual civil war” among Republicans over the party’s direction after the election.
He said a substantial Democratic victory could lead to congressional investigations of the Trump administration. Scaramucci also expects Republicans to debate their relationship with Trump’s MAGA movement. Both are possible consequences he raised, rather than developments that have occurred.
Voters are choosing all 435 House seats and about one-third of the Senate, according to USAGov. The results will determine which party holds a majority in each chamber for the next two years. Pew’s figures offer a measure of voter sentiment, but they do not establish how many seats either party will win.
The federal general election is scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 3, across U.S. time zones.
