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President Trump won Wisconsin by less than 1% in 2024.
But this week, the liberal candidate flipped a state Supreme Court seat and won by more than 20%.
In Georgia's 14th congressional district, where Marjorie Taylor Greene won by a 30-point margin in 2024, the Republican replacing her won by just 12%.
It's not just special and off-year elections with lower turnout where Democratic candidates are doing better.
Polling also finds more voters say they prefer Democrats to control Congress in November, and Democratic voters have higher enthusiasm for voting in the midterms.
Stephen Fowler, NPR News, Atlanta.
In a letter obtained by NPR, the Social Security Administration's inspector general told members of Congress last week it received an anonymous complaint about, quote, potential misuse of SSA data.
This week, congressional Democrats investigating Doge's access to Social Security data also said they received new whistleblower information.
That information, which was reported by the Washington Post and has not been independently reviewed by NPR, alleges a former Doge staffer retained copies of two Social Security databases and wanted to use them in a private sector job.
The Social Security Administration disputes the claims.
In a letter obtained by NPR, the Social Security Administration's inspector general told members of Congress last week it received an anonymous complaint about, quote, potential misuse of SSA data.
This week, congressional Democrats investigating Doge's access to Social Security data also said they received new whistleblower information.
That information, which was reported by the Washington Post and has not been independently reviewed by NPR, alleges a former Doge staffer retained copies of two Social Security databases and wanted to use them in a private sector job.
The Social Security Administration disputes the claims.
In a letter obtained by NPR, the Social Security Administration's inspector general told members of Congress last week it received an anonymous complaint about, quote, potential misuse of SSA data.
This week, congressional Democrats investigating Doge's access to Social Security data also said they received new whistleblower information.
That information, which was reported by the Washington Post and has not been independently reviewed by NPR, alleges a former Doge staffer retained copies of two Social Security databases and wanted to use them in a private sector job.
The Social Security Administration disputes the claims.