Trump urged voters to treat the midterms as a verdict, and one account says they did
Politics · First reported 3 Nov, 06:00 · Updated 06:22
The coverage frames the midterm elections as a chance for voters to judge Donald Trump. One account says Trump urged voters to act as if he were on the ballot and that they did so.
- The Atlantic account says Trump told voters to act as though his name were on the ballot, and says they did.
- The Irish News headline describes the midterm elections as voters’ chance to give Donald Trump a verdict.
- Both accounts connect the midterms to Trump: one says voters acted as if he were on the ballot, while the other emphasizes a voter verdict.
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- The Irish News headline identifies the vote as a midterm election.
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- Donald Trump.
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- The Atlantic snippet says voters acted as if Trump’s name were on the ballot.
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- Earlier coverage described the midterms as potentially shifting control of Congress and affecting Trump’s power for the rest of his term; it also reported more than 57 million early votes by Monday afternoon [fa0f5172-f19f-4b49-a22c-bce4b3661e27].
- An earlier story reported that candidates campaigned in Michigan ahead of Election Day, including Abdul El-Sayed, who discussed economic and healthcare issues [7349f0fc-fc24-4363-b1ec-4b54cc126281].
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