Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/pew-survey-paints-bleak-picture-for-gop Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Transcript Even before the first ballot is cast, dozens of political polls will have tried to predict the outcome of this closely fought midterm election. Andrew Kohut of the Pew Research Center, reports on his own survey and some of the other recent results. Read the Full Transcript Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. They may contain errors. RAY SUAREZ: Over the course of the campaign, Jim, Andrew Kohut, president of the Pew Research Center and a NewsHour regular, has been measuring changes in voter attitudes on the issues and political preferences. He joins us now, fresh from the field this week, to share brand new findings.And often midterm elections, Andy, are low-turnout affairs. What does it look like this time?ANDREW KOHUT, Pew Center for the People and the Press: It'll be maybe a little bit higher, but still in relative terms a low turnout affair, with less than 40 percent or 40 percent at most of the age-eligible population voting.But what we see this time, which is unusual, and that is there is more Democratic enthusiasm about voting. The Democratic voters are all pumped up. The Republicans are a little deflated. And the Democrats look like they're going to hold their own when it comes to getting out to the polls in a week and a half.