GOP stuck ‘choosing which finger to cut off’ as Trump fires up Democrats: report

Donald Trump’s push to make the midterm election in 11 days about himself “might backfire,” according to a new Politico poll that shows he is instead reminding Democrats why they need to vote.Democratic midterm voters are more motivated to oppose the president than Republican voters are to support him, the poll found.The poll, conducted by London-based firm PF Global, found nearly half of Democratic midterm voters say they will vote “mainly to oppose President Trump,” compared with 38% of Republican voters who say they will vote mainly to show support for him. That gap has been building for weeks.Instead, 48% of Republican midterm voters say their main motivation is to show support for a local candidate. Only 37% of Democratic voters agreed. Half of Republican voters also say they would “rather their local candidate aim to win,” even if that means speaking out against the president, Politico reported, and majorities...