Final Rallies on Midterm Eve as Early Voting Reaches a Record 54 Million
Both parties made their last arguments Monday with the House highly likely to turn, the Senate up in the air, and a record early vote already banked.
Democrats teed up final get-out-the-vote rallies on Monday, the eve of midterm elections in which they expect to win at least partial control of Congress and impose political constraints on President Donald Trump for the first time in two years, AFP reported. Rallies by Democratic Senate candidates James Talarico in Texas and Adam Hamilton in Kansas capped the party's closing push, while Trump made his own closing argument in Washington.
Even winning just the House would give Democrats voting power over the federal budget and the leadership of powerful committees able to investigate the administration. Polls show Democrats near certain to take the House majority, with a real shot at the currently Republican Senate: the final New York Times/Siena poll, released Sunday evening, showed Democratic candidates leading in all seven seats viewed as most competitive, though five remained within the margin of error. 'Nauseously optimistic,' Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock told CNN, describing his party's mood.
The electorate has already spoken in record numbers before a single Election Day ballot is cast. Early voting has seen a record 54 million people cast ballots around the country, AFP reported, and the midterms have drawn about $11 billion in advertising spending, with large chunks coming from individual mega-donors, including nearly half a billion dollars from Elon Musk to help Republicans.
An NBC News poll released on Sunday showed 60 percent of Americans disapprove of Trump's performance. Addressing a crowd in Iowa on Sunday, Trump called Democrats 'extreme and dangerous radicals' and said, 'We're going to win.' By Tuesday night, voters in Washington, Maryland and Virginia will be part of the answer.
