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Weave. a cnn poll showing good news for democrats come november. 54% of likely voters in the new poll say they'd choose a democrat over republican for congress right now. 41% would pick a republican over the democrat. it's a 13 point gap. the new numbers giving hope to democrats on the ballot, of course, especially one in a crucial swing district in iowa, a district that voted for obama, then for trump. kyung lah is "outfront" with the latest in our series "born to run." ♪ >> reporter: in northeast iowa, signs of a turning tide in a critical swing district. did you vote for president obama? ...

Democrats and republicans when asked who do you want in office in your state, in your district is now just a 7 point gap. what are the republicans up against right now? >> well, again, i think in a midterm election you have to look state by state. district by district. in the senate i think we have a lot of close races but i think we are poised to pick up a bunch of seats. you look at heitkamp in north dakota. no question kevin cramer is poised to be the next senator from there. senator rick scott -- excuse me governor rick scott is doing a fantastic job in florida against bill nelson. i think...

Would be in doubt my sense is mitch mcconnell was never going to let this go. >> so in that "the washington post" survey we were discussing last hour, a decisive factor in the democrat support appears to be women who prefer democratic candidates by 14 points, 54 to 40% while men favor republicans by five points. new cnn ssrs poll shows 31% of women approve of the job that the president is doing. 62% disapprove. on the flip side 51% of men approve while 43% disapprove. that's a gender gap of 39 points. potentially more troubling for republicans, a spike in the number of women who support the de...

I've heard midday. but everything is very fluid, so i'm not sure that that is still the case. but that would set up a vote, final confirmation vote to put kavanaugh on the court sometime on saturday. >> all right. we'll stay close to both of you as you get more information. the vote on brett kavanaugh's nomination comes just weeks before the midterm elections. democrats have the momentum going into the november vote, but the momentum seems to be building on the other side of the aisle as well. top republicans say the battle over the supreme court nominee is giving the gop a much needed boost. ...

Supporting, 40% opposing. marri marist polling shows a 2 point gap, down from 10 points in july. and democrats have a 6 point advantage over republicans down from 12% in september. according to a new fox news poll, republicans are now just as likely as democrats to say they're extremely interested in the mid-terms in five key battle ground states. when we come back we'll take a look at how women, especially the 52% of white women who voted for trump are saying how they'll vote this time. we'll discuss that next. ng how l vote this time we'll discuss that next. ilding something completely diffe...