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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Mark Beaumont

Poll reveals voters favor Democrats on key issues as many lack faith in either party

US President Donald Trump dances during a rally, ahead of the midterm elections, at The Mitchell Center at the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Alabama, US, October 2, 2026 - (Reuters)

Aaron Siever has always cast his vote across party lines. Yet the 41-year-old resident of southwest Virginia finds himself increasingly exasperated by a two-party system that he believes achieves little beyond assigning mutual blame.

"There's so much turmoil," said Siever, a former police officer who now guides Civil War battlefield tours. "It really messes up chances of getting anything done. It gets really disgusting."

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