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Why the midterms are a warning sign for both parties

A Council on Foreign Relations list puts unhappiness with both parties at twenty-one percent of registered voters, up from twelve percent in twenty twenty-four; nobody is winning that one.

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  1. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorFive days out, Politico says the midterms are a warning sign for both parties, and the numbers back it up.

  2. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorNBC's poll has the president at thirty-four percent approval, a second-term low, with sixty-six percent disapproving.

  3. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSo Democrats must be thrilled. They lead RealClearPolling's national average fifty-one point four to forty-three point two.

  4. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorNot quite.

  5. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorTwenty-one percent of registered voters are unhappy with both parties, up from twelve percent in twenty twenty-four, according to the Council on Foreign Relations.

  6. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAnd fifty-six percent say corruption is equally bad in both parties. That's a bipartisan win.

  7. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIt is the only thing the country has agreed on since the budget of the previous administration. A consensus, at last, about the people in charge.

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