CNN Analyst Lays Out Bleak Midterms Outlook For Democrats [video]

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CNN Analyst Lays Out Bleak Midterms Outlook For Democrats

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By Cullen McCue
October 15, 2025

Harry Enten, CNN’s lead polling and data analyst, laid out a grim 2026 midterm elections outlook for the Democratic Party due to lagging approval ratings, a lackluster polling advantage when compared with historical trends and redistricting efforts in Republican-controlled states.

While Democrats are hoping to replicate a 2018 result, commonly referred to as the “Blue Wave” year in which the party saw massive gains in the House and Senate, Enten noted that current data is painting a different picture.

In April 2017, Democrats held a three-point edge in CNN’s generic congressional ballot, the same margin the party held in April of this year. But by October 2017, the party’s edge had expanded to eight percentage points.

As of this October, the Democratic Party’s generic ballot advantage has not moved since April.

“I remember covering this. I remember a lot of folks, including myself, saying, you know what, Republicans look pretty decent right now in terms of the fact that they had the House, they had the Senate, they had the presidency, but things were likely going to flip,” Enten recalled of the polling data in April 2017.

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[DefiantMassRINO]

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[mountaineer]

Unless GOP over-reaches on abortion, the Dems are hosed.

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