Democrats think 2026 is shaping up to be a blue wave election.
But the left just looked at shocking poll numbers that could change everything.
And Chuck Schumer learned some bad news that bowled him over like an avalanche.
Polls show Democrats are favored to win back the House of Representatives.
The real game, however, is control over the United States Senate.
If Democrats win the Senate, they can block President Trump from confirming Supreme Court justices and control any impeachment trial the House initiates.
To win the Senate, Democrats need to flip 4 seats, which means winning races in states Trump won, like Ohio, Alaska, and Texas.
CNN data analyst Harry Enten is warning Democrats they may not want to start measuring the drapes just yet.
Enten broke down polling data showing Democrats are now the party of socialism, with the number of moderate Democrats vanishing.
“Back in 1999, 26% of Democrats self-identified as conservative. Just 5% said that they were very liberal. It was a smidgen. Now that the far left has gained considerable power. Look at this: now we’re talking about a fifth of Democrats, 21% say they’re very liberal. That conservative part of the Democratic Party? Adiós, amigos. Could be just 8%,” Enten stated.
Enten pointed to the special election result in New Jersey’s 11th Congressional District, where an AOC-aligned socialist defeated the party establishment favorite as real-time evidence of this shift to the left.
“And when you combine the 21% who are very liberal with those who say that they’re somewhat liberal, we’re talking about three in five Democrats who identify as either somewhat liberal or very liberal, with the very liberals being a much larger portion of the party. The far left, which used to just be a smidgen within the Democratic Party, has gained considerable power, as you saw in New Jersey’s 11th district,” Enten added.
Enten then explained that Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani rising as the faces of the Democratic Party were a foreshadowing of an even more radical Democratic Party as the number of Democrats under the age of 35 who identified as socialists skyrocketed.
“They are a considerable part of the Democratic base at this point. And more than that, if you look at Democrats under the age of 35, they are nearly half—nearly half of the Democratic Party. Look at this: 42% of Democrats think of themselves as democratic socialists under the age of 35, just like Zohran Mamdani,” Enten continued.
“What happened in New York City is not some aberration, right? It is not something that just happened in New York City. It is something that we are seeing grow within the Democratic Party at this particular point. When we’re talking about 42% of Democrats under the age of 35 identifying as democratic socialists and a third of all Democrats—my goodness gracious,” he concluded with his signature flair,” Enten remarked.
Voters overall took notice as a record number of Americans now see the Democratic Party as too liberal.
“How about all voters? Voters who say the Democrats are now too liberal—look at this percentage: it was 42% in ’96, 48% in 2013, and now 58% in 2025 of all voters say that the Democratic Party is too liberal. The Democrats are moving to the left, the far left is gaining power, and there could be some electoral repercussions because what we see right now is voters—the clear majority—say that they are too liberal,” Enten went on to say.
“An all-time high, 58%, of voters say the Dem Party is too liberal,” Enten concluded.
If Democrats are going to win in red states, they need to appear moderate.
These polling data show Democrats aren’t fooling Americans.
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