as delia gonsalves reports, aaa is calling it excessive. >> reporter: even on a windy day, that parking ticket will not blow away. >> we have a problem here. >> aaa mid-atlantic says district officers wrote 1.6 million parking tickets by may. the city collected $50 million and is on track to far surpass last overrave you in of $80.4 million. >> a lot of this motivated by the profit margin. >> i understand that for safety purposes. fire trucks and everything. but they're making a killing on it. >> off meters alone, the city has grossed a whopping $9.5 million in just three months! money which goes to the district's general fund. >> if you're using the revenue of the tickets for the proper funding of other programs, then is ok. >> many people complain about them being trigger-happy. that's exactly what they are. in many cases, they start writing the ticket before the meter actually expires. >> as we followed a parking enforcement officer around 21st, he appeared to do just that. enter a vehicle's tag number and then walk away, only to return and print the ticket the moment the meter ran o

delia gonsalves has an unscientific look into why. >> reporter: on a gusty winter day outside the white house -- >> these people have lost a lot of trust in pretty much anyone. >> reporter: the weather isn't the only chill in the air. a recent "usa today" poll suggests political winds are shifting, too. >> people want some decisions to be made. >> there are a lot of people that are really suffering. they really don't care about democrat or republican. they just want some answers. >> the history of america, the incumbent party has always lost a little support in midterm elections. >> the numbers may be surprising. 1.7 million people have left the democratic party since 2008. the same year ohio congressman dennis kucinich ran an unsuccessful bid for the white house. >> when i first came to congress, i came there with the intention of trying to make the country a better place. i still want to do that but i start to see the system and the system is failing the american people right now. >> the eight swing states have seen the biggest democrat disappearing act, colorado, florida, iowa, nevad