Poll: This is the most anti-incumbent electorate since 1994

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Dissatisfaction is widespread, crossing party lines, ideologies and virtually all groups of voters. Less than a quarter of independents and just three in 10 Republicans say they’re leaning toward backing an incumbent this fall. Even among Democrats, who control the House, the Senate and the White House, opinion is evenly divided on the question.

“I’m not really happy right now with anybody” in Washington, Sandy Davis, 64, a Republican from Decatur, Ill. said in a follow-up interview. Although she expressed “mixed feelings” about a fresh crop of lawmakers, she added: “When the country was founded, those guys were all pretty new at it. How bad would it be?”