Record Spending, Early Voting Surge as US Midterms Arrive
The Facts
- Millions of Americans are heading to the polls on Tuesday for the U.S. midterm elections, with all 435 House seats and 35 of the Senate's 100 seats in play, alongside 36 state governorships.
- Early voting outpaced the comparable period in the 2022 midterms, turnout data showed, as more than 50 million had cast ballots by Sunday.
- Trump delivered his final pre-election address Monday at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, focusing on the pool's renovation and other building projects, the economy and immigration, among other topics.
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The Spin
Democratic narrative
A president sitting at record-low approval with voters furious over inflation, gas prices and an unpopular foreign war has no business expecting a good night. Gerrymandered maps are the only thing keeping Republicans competitive, and even rigged lines can't survive a near double-digit edge on the generic ballot. Deep-red states slipping into toss-up territories tell the whole story.
Republican narrative
Polls that write off the center-right ignore millions of reluctant voters who break Republican at the ballot box. Turnout, not punditry, decides skin-tight races, and the GOP edge among those unsure about voting is more than enough to keep Congress. And a party that refused to stand up for putting American citizens ahead of illegal aliens has earned nothing but defeat.
