Next year’s midterm elections would seem to offer Democrats currently out of power a major opportunity: Americans have sharply negative views of the Republican Party and broadly believe GOP lawmakers don’t deserve to be re-elected,

CNN data guru Harry Enten sounded the alarm on Democrats’ chances of winning Congress in the 2026 midterm elections. Enten explained that Democrats are “way behind” in their 2026 midterm election chances when compared to their 2006 and 2018 pace on the generic ballot at the same point in the cycle.