CNN Has News for Democrats Ahead of the 2026 Midterms

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Americans’ views of both the Democratic and Republican parties remain deeply negative, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS. And in an election year that may turn on which party voters see as the lesser of two evils, the Democrats hold an early advantage.

About one-quarter of the public holds a negative view of both parties – so-called double haters. Voters in that group prefer the Democrats in the upcoming midterms by 31 points.

In an era characterized by negativity toward all sides in Washington, the voting patterns and preferences of people who have negative feelings toward both Democrats and Republicans can play a key role in elections.

Those voters who had unfavorable views of both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton proved decisive in the 2016 election and broke in Trump’s favor again in 2024. In the 2022 election, when both parties were viewed negatively by just over half of all voters, “double-hater” voters broke in Republicans’ favor by a wide margin, according to CNN exit polls.

The vote preferences of the current crop of double haters are driven more by opposition to the GOP rather than enthusiasm for the Democrats.

Just 28% of Americans hold a favorable view of the Democratic Party, with the Republican Party a few points higher at 32%, in large part because Republicans take a more positive view of their own party than do Democrats.

Compared to the midterms in President Donald Trump’s first term, both the president and the Democrats have grown less popular. While Trump’s 35% approval rating is 7 points lower than it was at this point in the 2018 midterm cycle, the Democratic Party’s net favorability has shifted from about even then to net negative by nearly 30 points now. Ratings for the GOP were deeply underwater in both years.

Overall, registered voters say by a 6-point margin that they’d prefer the Democratic Party’s candidate over the Republican candidate if the elections for Congress were held today.

The most motivated voters break 57% for the Democrats to 38% for the Republicans on the generic ballot; it was a similar 56% Democrats to 41% Republicans among that group in January.

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Move to the 3:44 mark for Dems Net Approval Of Dem Cong. Leaders:

Hopefully they lose and get the message so the party is forced to kick the lunatics out.

The democrat party of today is nothing like it was prior to Obama

Everybody calls CNN Fake News Propaganda but holy shite does everybody believe Harry's gay sounding polls. The guy is a fricking clown

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Americans’ views of both the Democratic and Republican parties remain deeply negative,

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Americans do view both parties deeply negative, but I do know what I would get if I vote for a democrat socialist and I would like it a lot less than my current republican representative. I will not cut my nose off to spite my face.

Love me some Rita Panahi Sky News.

Nice

I believe that same poll (if you look at the exp polls page) has Dems +6% when they asked voters who they plan on voting for in the congressional election in the fall.

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It turns out that the American people do not like massive fraud, waste, and abuse.

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yup, the two parties are different heads of the same snake in that regard. One being slightly better than the other does not mean it's good.