Democrats thought they were riding a glide path to victory in November.
All of a sudden, the bottom fell out.
And CNN smacked Chuck Schumer with one brutal 2026 poll that has him crying tears of rage.
As Conservative Reboot reports:
Democrats were jumping for joy over the results of a new CNN poll, which showed just 35 percent of Americans approved of the job Donald Trump was doing as president.
That same poll showed 70 percent of Americans disapproved of President Trump’s job on the economy, and 77 percent blamed Trump’s policies for higher costs of goods.
Poll numbers like these would normally signal a blowout for the party in power in midterm elections, since voters’ perceptions of the incumbent President and the economy typically determine the outcome.
But these aren’t normal times, and CNN data analyst Harry Enten broke the bad news to Democrats by conveying the rest of the story.
Enten said this poll was actually bad news for Democrats because it showed Republicans gaining 3 points in the generic ballot question on which party Americans preferred to control Congress.
“I think this poll serves as a big time reality check for Democrats, and that is it ain’t over yet, especially with the redistricting when we look ahead to the 2026 race for Congress. You would have thought that the Democrats’ lead would expand on the generic congressional ballot. It didn’t happen,” Enten told viewers.
CNN’s previous poll showed Democrats leading Republicans on the generic ballot by six points.
This latest poll showed that the lead is shrinking to 3.
To win the four Senate seats necessary to seize the majority, Democrats need to win the generic ballot question by at least 5 points.
That’s because winning Senate seats in red states like Iowa, Ohio, and Alaska would require a bigger-than-normal shift in the vote from 2024.
Enten noted that it was within the margin of error, so Republicans could very well be positioned to retain their Senate majority, an unthinkable proposition just two weeks prior.
“It is within the margin of error. So, despite all of the talk about Donald Trump’s unpopularity, the fact is, Republicans very much remain in the game when it comes to the congressional midterms,” Enten added.
Republicans also won key redistricting cases in the U.S. Supreme Court and the Virginia Supreme Court, which moved at least 10 seats their way.
These legal wins, combined with polls showing Republicans and Democrats tied on whether Americans trust one party more on the economy, mean the election is anyone’s ballgame.
“There’s no way there’s any way Republicans could hold onto the House? But look at this: which party is trusted more in the economy? It’s a tie among registered voters. Just because Donald Trump is unpopular doesn’t make Democrats popular. And when you match Democrats against Republicans, all of a sudden it is a dead heat,” Enten concluded.
