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US election 2016: Are US voters really that fed up with status quo?

Here's what happened on the campaign trail the week of Aug. 29.
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton addresses the National Convention of the American Legion in Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S., August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston - RTX2NR6F

Americans really, really dislike their politicians. Just not enough to actually replace them, apparently.

Even as Democrat Hillary Clinton plummeted to Donald Trump-like depths of unpopularity this week, the quintessential Washington insider could take solace from a string of victories by establishment candidates who triumphed over voter ire. The results are likely to reinforce Clinton's preference for a careful, boring campaign at stark odds with her Republican rival's wild swings between presidential gravitas and red meat rhetoric.

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