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Widespread dissatisfaction with the state of the country has opened up a prime Senate pickup opportunity for Democrats in Ohio and made for a razor-thin contest in Iowa, according to new CNN polls conducted by SSRS. President Donald Trump carried both states by double digits in 2024, and Republicans currently hold both US Senate seats and complete control of the state government in each of them.
But in these deep-red states, likely voters now mostly disapprove of Trump’s handling of the presidency, say his policies have increased the cost of living and that tariffs on foreign goods have largely been a negative for their states.
CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten, Puck's Leigh Anne Caldwell and Politico Playbook's Will Steakin examine the new polling numbers.
0:00 Enten looks at the Ohio Senate race
1:28 Why are Sherrod Brown's chances going up now?
2:11 Enten on the differences between polling & results
4:11 What do Ohioans think of Trump?
4:36 Experts from Puck & Politico Playbook dive into the trends
Watch Harry’s show, 'The Enten Scale', on CNN: https://cnn.it/4rXUcHz
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<br>If working-class voters turn these midterms into a Blue Tsunami, a new generation of leaders like Reps. Raskin and Garcia alongside Sens. Whitehouse, Ossoff, and Kelly shouldn't rely on immediate impeachment, but should establish a South Africa-style Truth and Reconciliation Commission with full investigative and prosecutorial powers.
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<br>Co-headed by retired Judge J. Michael Luttig, the preeminent conservative legal mind who advised Pence against overruling the January 6th count and wrote key Supreme Court briefs curbing Trump, alongside Special Counsel Jack Smith leading an estimated 500-person task force with state AGs and the ICC, this commission can begin prosecuting seditious actors and oligarchs on Day One.
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<br>Congress can then hold open the option of targeted impeachments for compromised officials and judicial figures only if the electoral mandate completely breaks the opposition of both GOP apologists and Dem corporatists, giving us our one narrow window to safeguard the republic.
<br>Oct. 7, 2026