Donald Trump has good reason to be epically pouty these days, and America’s voters agree. A CNN poll finds that 53 percent of American say the midterms were a rejection of Republican policies. Additionally, those who view the election as a mandate for Democrats outpace that of elections past. While only 16 percent of voters saw the GOP's 2014 Senate takeover as a mandate and just 17 percent said the same of the Republicans' 2010 takeover of the House, about twice as many voters this cycle—32 percent—view the Democratic takeover of the House is a mandate.
And guess what they want Democrats to do with that mandate? Curb Trump. Monmouth writes of its latest poll:
A majority (52%) of the public say that keeping Trump in check should be a major priority for the new Congress and another 20% say it should be a minor priority. Only 25% say that Congress should not prioritize being a check on the president in the coming term.
In other words, nearly three-quarters of voters say putting a check on Trump should be at least some sort of priority. And of those in the "minor priority" camp, 54 percent are Republican, 68 percent are independents, and 92 percent are Democrats. That's about as close to a bipartisan lovefest as anything gets these days.