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U.S.POLL WATCH

Democrats hold 7-point lead on generic congressional ballot…

The exclusive poll was conducted by the AI research platform TrueDot.ai and shows Democrats up 49 percent to 42, three weeks from Election Day; the coffee line remains undecided.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorLola is outside a coffee shop this morning, where the voters are lining up, and a new poll says Democrats hold a seven-point lead heading into the midterms.

  2. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentHank, I'm standing outside a coffee shop with about thirty people in line, and none of them have been polled on anything yet.

  3. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentThe exclusive NewsNation and Decision Desk HQ poll, released today, has Democrats ahead of Republicans forty-nine percent to forty-two on the generic congressional ballot, three weeks before Election Day.

  4. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAnd how is the line taking it?

  5. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentMostly with their eyes closed. I covered twenty years of conflicts, and I have never seen a crowd this uncommitted before its first cup.

  6. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo the swing voter is whoever pours it.

  7. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentThe barista says the decaf crowd is still undecided.

  8. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorChip joins us now with headlines from across the country, including a story from a strip mall.

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