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Trump, Obama, and JD Vance Campaign in Ohio, Georgia, and North Carolina With Five Days Left
“some kind of wave seems likely”
“no clear leader in the races in Maine or Kansas”
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Democrats in striking distance in four key Senate races as midterms near. Ohio and South Carolina races remain neck and neck ahead of Election Day.
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Midterms, polls, and math
President Donald Trump, former President Barack Obama and Vice President JD Vance campaigned on Wednesday in Ohio, Georgia and North Carolina with five days to go before the United States midterms.
RealClearPolling’s national polling average showed Democrats leading Republicans by 51.4 percent to 43.2 percent, a gap of 8.2 percentage points, while the Senate path remained tight as Republicans held 53 of the 100 seats.
CNN polling across four key Senate races found Democrat Abdul El-Sayed (49%) leading Republican Mike Rogers (42%) among likely voters in Michigan, and it found Democrat James Talarico (49%) leading Republican Ken Paxton (43%) among likely voters in Texas.
CNN polling also showed no clear leader in Maine between Sen. Susan Collins (45%) and her Democratic challenger Troy Jackson (49%), and it showed no clear leader in Kansas between Democrat Adam Hamilton (49%) and Republican Sen. Roger Marshall (45%).
CNN said Democrats would need a net gain of four seats to take control of the Senate, even as it described the races as far from a done deal.
Alaska ballot confusion dispute
Alaska’s Senate race centered on Mary Peltola’s campaign and a reported effort to recruit a second Dan Sullivan, with the New York Times reporting that Peltola’s aides and lawyers helped recruit candidates who could siphon votes from Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan.
Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy directed the Department of Public Safety to investigate whether the effort broke Alaska law, and he said on X that the Times reporting "substantially supports" findings from a June Division of Elections investigation.
The Guardian reported that Nate Adams, a spokesperson for Sullivan’s campaign, said: "Alaskans deserve the truth."
The Guardian also reported that Donald Trump shared a link to the Times’s article on Truth Social and said it was proof of "election fraud," while a spokesperson for Peltola’s campaign said: "The Alaskans for Mary campaign has no involvement with either Sullivan campaign."
What could change next
The New York Times framed the midterms as depending on a few close Senate races, and it said Republicans have major structural advantages that give them a chance to avoid major losses even if a big blue wave appears.
Fox News said two of the most watched Senate races, in Ohio and South Carolina, remained neck and neck with under a week to go until the Nov. 3 midterm elections.
In Ohio, Suffolk University polling showed Democratic nominee Sherrod Brown leading Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, 47% to 44%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.4 percentage points.
In South Carolina, Siena Research Institute polling in partnership with The New York Times found Sen. Darline Graham, R-S.C., tied with Democrat Annie Andrews at 48% apiece, with 3% undecided and less than 1% planning to vote for a third candidate.
Al Jazeera reported that Democrats were campaigning for support among young voters in Michigan, and it quoted Will Lawrence saying, "We need everybody and young people are a huge part of the coalition and could really be the difference-maker on November 3rd," as Maxwell Frost emphasized person-to-person conversations for Abdul El-Sayed.