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Americans think both President Bush and the Democratic Congress have been failures so far this year, but they still tend to put more confidence in the Democrats.

In a new CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll released Wednesday, 57 percent of those questioned say that Bush's presidency has been a failure; 55 percent say the Democrat-controlled Congress has been a failure as well.

Democrats won back Congress in last year's midterm elections. They have a slim majority in the Senate and a 30-seat advantage in the House of Representatives. Read full article »

CNN deputy political director Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.

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