According to a new CNN-SSRS poll, as President Donald Trump enters the second year of his second term, half of Americans are already considering the 2028 presidential election. Voter fatigue with polarized politics and dissatisfaction with current leaders is driving early interest in the 2028 race rather than loyalty to any candidate.

Political races are already heating up in 2026 — and so is the flood of polling that will try to predict the outcomes. But, recent elections have reinforced a familiar lesson: Polls can be wrong, sometimes dramatically.

Republicans are fighting to retain their Senate majority in 2026 — and whether they do will likely hinge on a handful of battleground races.

Critics charge that the election is designed to add a facade of legitimacy to military rule. Final results are expected to be announced in late January.

Observers say the vote, accompanied by a renewed crackdown on dissent, is meant to entrench the junta's power.

In the lacklustre canvassing ahead of the polls, the USDP was the most visible. Founded in 2010, the year it won an election boycotted by the opposition, the party ran the country in concert with its military backers until 2015, when it was swept away by Suu Kyi's NLD.