Over 50 Percent of Americans Fear Midterm Elections Could Result in Divided Government, Gridlock: Poll

A voter casts her ballot with her child at a polling station at Rose Hill Elementary School during the midterm primary election in Alexandria, Va., on June 21, 2022. Alex Wong/Getty Images

A growing number of Americans are worried that the midterm elections will result in a divided government and split control of Congress after November, according to a new poll.

An Axios-Ipsos poll published on Oct. 1 found that 53 percent of Americans are concerned that the elections may result in a divided government, where one party controls the Senate and one controls the House of Representatives, as defined by Axios-Ipsos.