Last November, Donald Trump won a return to the White House amid broad national dissatisfaction with the state of the country. A year later, preliminary CNN exit polling finds, the first major electoral tests of the second Trump presidency take place with voters expressing similar pessimism and anti-incumbent sentiments despite the turnover in the Oval Office.

After the races were called, Enten said early Wednesday morning that CNN’s exit polls across New Jersey and Virginia show Trump’s disapproval rating hurt Republicans in those critical races. “Let’s talk about New Jersey first.