REUTERS, Washington

A clear majority of Americans blame President Donald Trump for surging gasoline prices, which is weighing on his Republican Party ahead of November’s congressional midterm elections, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.

Some 77 percent of registered voters in the poll, which concluded early this week, said Trump bears at least a fair amount of responsibility for the recent rise in gas prices.

The view was widely shared across the political spectrum, with 55 percent of Republican voters, 82 percent of independents and 95 percent of Democrats pinning blame on the president for the higher costs.

Some 58 percent of voters, including one in five Republicans and two-thirds of independents, said they would be less likely to support candidates in the November 3 polls who support Trump’s approach to the conflict with Iran.

Analysts say Trump’s party faces an uphill battle to keep their US House of Representatives majority. Risks are also rising that they will lose control of the Senate.