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A new poll released this week suggests that voters in swing districts across the country are more supportive of candidates who will bring about swift change to flawed institutions, rather than establishment politicians who promise only incremental change.

The Working Families Party/Justice Research Group poll, conducted July 26-27 in swing House districts across the country (with Michigan counted as a swing state in its entirety), found that a plurality of voters in those areas, 47 percent, are likely to back Democratic candidates, while just 38 percent say they prefer Republican choices instead.

Aside from that question, the survey strayed away from partisan questions, asking voters instead what kind of candidate they might prefer. Participants’ answers indicated a stronger leaning toward those seeking major institutional changes.

The poll found that voters largely had a negative view of the status quo, with 80 percent agreeing with the statement that “elected officials care more about wealthy donors and powerful interests than about people like me.” Nearly two-thirds of voters, 64 percent, also agreed with the idea that “the country’s political and economic systems need fundamental change, not just small adjustments.”

Indeed, more than 6 in 10 voters in the poll said the country is “off on the wrong track,” versus 3 in 10 who said it’s going in the “right direction.”

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