Midterm elections are eight weeks away and the latest polls hint that Democrats could be in trouble.

Republican congressional candidates have a 13 percent advantage over Democrats going into the elections, according to a recent ABC-Washington Post poll of likely voters.

A second survey by NBC News and the Wall Street Journal also found that 53 percent of voters prefer a Republican-controlled Congress while only 35 percent want Congress run by Democrats.

Midterm elections will be held Nov. 2.