U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., speaks during a campaign stop for Thom Tillis, Republican candidate for senator, at Neuse Sport Shop, Thursday, Oct 16, 2014, in Kinston, N.C. McCain says the U.S. Senate needs Thom Tillis because of his North Carolina legislative record and that Democrat Kay Hagan has missed so many committee meetings that she's not well-informed on national security. (AP Photo/Daily Free Press, Zach Frailey)
Arizona Sen. John McCain is expecting a low voter turnout in next month’s midterm elections because he says voters are skeptical of both the Obama administration and the Republican Party.
“What I’m hearing from my pollster friends is that people don’t like Republicans and they don’t like Obama,” McCain said in an interview on Pivot’s “TakePart Live,” a show co-hosted by his daughter, Meghan McCain. “And they’re very, very turned off. And I’m afraid we are going to see a very low voter turnout in this election, and that’s not healthy for, obviously, any of us.”
According to the latest Gallup poll, just 40 percent of Americans approve of the job President Obama is doing, while 54 percent disapprove. And just 14 percent approve of the way Congress is handling its job.
As a result, McCain, who lost the 2008 presidential election to Barack Obama, believes there will be several close calls for the Republican party on election night.
“There could be a runoff in both Louisiana and Georgia — I think we could win both of those,” McCain said. “A lot of it’s going to come from getting the vote out, and neither party so far has really galvanized their base, so I think it’s going to be very close, and I think we’re going to be up late.”
The 78-year-old incumbent, who is currently serving his fifth term in the U.S. Senate, doesn’t face re-election until 2016.
