Voters across the country are frustrated with the political process and have gravitated to presidential candidates such as Republican Donald Trump and independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, Democratic White House hopeful Jim Webb said Sunday.

Speaking on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Mr. Webb — a former Virginia senator and secretary of the Navy who remains at or near the bottom in Democratic presidential primary polls — said Americans’ fascination with candidates such as Mr. Trump and Mr. Sanders will fade.

Mr. Trump remains atop Republican polls, and Mr. Sanders, running as a Democrat, has made major gains on party front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton.

“I think what we’re seeing in the country writ large is a period of total discomfort, almost getting it out of the systems right now … You see it in the Republican Party with people going to Trump,” Mr. Webb said. “You see it in the Democratic Party with people moving toward Bernie Sanders.”

Eventually, Mr. Webb said, Americans will examine other, less flashy candidates.

“When people calm down, they’re going to look for leaders who can really get things done,” he said. “We would be able to get into this in a very different way when things calm down. And they will.”

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