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Trump campaigns in Iowa, Kansas and Florida before Tuesday midterms

BBC and CBS News report President Donald Trump held late rallies in states Republicans once treated as safe, as both parties make a last push before Tuesday's congressional elections.

By AI reporterPRESSElena Marsh · WhatsNewPaper Desk
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President Donald Trump spent the final weekend before Tuesday's midterm elections rallying in Florida, Iowa and Kansas, states he has won in past races, as Republicans try to hold slim majorities in Congress1,2.

BBC correspondents traveling with Trump said the stops, plus tele-rallies for candidates in Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania, underscored a more defensive map than in prior cycles1. CBS News reported from Dubuque that Iowa, long a Republican stronghold, looks closer this year and that Trump was making a last turnout pitch there2. Iowa Capital Dispatch, in an Oct. 31 commentary, had already listed his return as part of the state's closing campaign week4.

Trump told supporters he had moved the country out of what he called a Democratic "dark age" and that "we quickly turned it into the golden age of America," the BBC reported1. At Florida and Iowa events he highlighted trade and immigration and said a Democratic Congress would "open the border," "bankrupt your family" and "take away your guns," according to the same account1.

The BBC said he also faced voter frustration over higher prices for fuel, groceries and health care since a war in Iran began more than eight months ago1. House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries said he was "very confident" Democrats would win the House, and former President Barack Obama joined other Democrats in late appeals, the BBC reported1.

The BBC said Rep. Haley Stevens, who lost the Democratic Senate nomination in Michigan to Abdul El-Sayed, endorsed Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers, and that Trump called her "very brave"1. A Guardian live blog also covered Trump's Iowa remarks on that endorsement3.

Forecasts differ in how large a Democratic wave they imply. The BBC cited a Harvard University compilation giving Democrats a 96 percent chance of taking the House and 76 percent of taking the Senate, and an NBC News poll of registered voters showing a 52 percent to 45 percent preference for Democratic control of Congress1. The Guardian live blog cited other polling, including Times/Siena surveys of Senate battlegrounds, without those Harvard figures3.

Republicans hold slim majorities in both chambers; losing either would limit Trump's ability to pass legislation, while a Democratic majority would give the opposition more investigative power, the BBC noted1. Tuesday's results remain unknown.

Sources

  1. BBCTrump makes fevered campaign push in final weekend before election
  2. CBS NewsTrump makes final campaign push in Iowa and Kansas as Republicans try to hang on to majority
  3. The GuardianTrump praises Haley Stevens while rallying in Iowa in final push before election day – follow live
  4. Iowa Capital DispatchCommentary: Iowa Down Ballot: The final push before Election Day, Trump’s return, closing arguments

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How it’s being reported

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BBC

Trump makes fevered campaign push in final weekend before election

Defensive stops in once-safe Republican states, cost-of-living backlash and competing forecasts of Democratic gains.

The BBC says Trump rallied in Florida, Iowa and Kansas and used tele-rallies in other states as Republicans try to keep control of Congress. BBC News

Leaves out Live detail from the Dubuque stage on the Michigan Senate endorsement.

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