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US midterms: 2 days to go
Confirmed
In Short: With two days until the US midterm elections, both parties are making final efforts to sway voters.
Democratic and Republican leaders are intensifying their efforts to attract voters as the midterm elections approach, with the cost-of-living crisis and the ongoing US-Israel war on Iran becoming key issues.
Polling data suggests a favorable environment for Democrats, with President Joe Biden's unpopularity and high costs partly due to tariffs and the war in Iran contributing to voter sentiment.
In South Carolina, Trump held a rally, urging Republicans to view the midterms as a referendum on his administration and economic record.
Trump's tactics in California, where he threatened to sue over mail-in ballots, mirror those seen in Nevada, where the Department of Homeland Security pressured state officials to review noncitizens on voter rolls.
What's confirmed
- Democratic and Republican leaders are intensifying their efforts to attract voters as the midterm elections approach, with the cost-of-living crisis and the ongoing US-Israel war on Iran becoming key issues.
- Polling data suggests a favorable environment for Democrats, with President Joe Biden's unpopularity and high costs partly due to tariffs and the war in Iran contributing to voter sentiment.
- In South Carolina, Trump held a rally, urging Republicans to view the midterms as a referendum on his administration and economic record.
- Trump's tactics in California, where he threatened to sue over mail-in ballots, mirror those seen in Nevada, where the Department of Homeland Security pressured state officials to review noncitizens on voter rolls.
What's still developing
- Elections take place every two years, and when they happen in the middle of the president's four-year term of office, they are called the midterms.
- After the midterms, we can expect speculation to start building about who might be his successor as the Republican presidential nominee for 2028 - and who might compete against that person for the Democrats.
- Trump amplified the threat on Truth Social : “They will all go to jail for a long period of time!!!” The administration’s tactics in California mirror what the Department of Homeland Security tried in Nevada, where Secretary Markwayne Mullin claimed nearly 16,000 noncitizens were on the voter rolls and sent a letter to state officials pressuring them to review each case.
- He waited until after the midterms, in which the Republicans lost control of the United States Congress, to fire Donald Rumsfeld as his secretary of defence, who had led the increasingly unpopular war against Iraq.
- McClellan had been the press secretary for three years, not five days.
- “A vote for Darline is a vote to cast communists into political oblivion,” Trump told the crowd gathered inside a gymnasium in Rock Hill, south of Charlotte, NC, just over the border.
- Alaska’s nonpartisan “jungle” primary advances the top four vote-getters to a ranked-choice general election.
- “I didn’t give anybody heads-up,” Massie told reporters Tuesday afternoon.
- Golf courses, Jon Husted’s fat dumper, and demands to rename “ New Mexico.” There are only 15 days until the midterms, and Donald Trump is locked in.