- The Washington Times - Wednesday, November 11, 2026

A new poll indicates that the majority of Americans are not looking forward to the next presidential election in two years.

The CNN poll says that only 40% of Americans are looking forward to the 2028 election, with 27% already “dreading” it. Thirty-three percent say they are neither looking forward to it nor dreading it.

Thirty-five percent of those polled say they have a specific person in mind for whom they’d like to win the presidency.

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The CNN poll arrives as Republicans suffered losses across the board in the midterm elections on Nov. 3, with Democrats winning back control of the House and Senate.

The poll was conducted from Oct. 15-18, among 1,701 people, and has a margin of error of 2.9 percentage points.

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