President Donald Trump rallied with Republican supporters in Florida on Friday while former President Bill Clinton spoke to Democrats just two states over in Mississippi, both of them beseeching voters to head to the polls for the midterm election that will determine which party controls Congress. “These are the most important midterm elections ever,” Trump told his crowd in Daytona.
With this speech in Daytona, Trump has staged more than 20 rallies this month in hopes of helping the GOP as it tries to retain control of Congress in Tuesday’s midterm elections. His latest, weekend trips to Iowa and Kansas, changed course and postpond them for Sunday, November 1.
Earlier, Clinton, on a stage in Tupelo, gave a similar argument by invoking a third president — a Republican. “My friend George Bush once said, ‘Democracy is self-correcting.’ We are about to find out in Mississippi if it’s true,” he said, ending by asking the crowd to vote for Democratic Senate candidate Scott Colom.
Millions of people across America have already heeded that call in an election that will determine whether Trump’s final two years in the White House are smooth sailing with a Republican Congress, or bogged down with Democratic opposition.
With, less than a week before the November 3 US midterm elections, President Donald Trump’s approval rating remains near its lowest level of his second term, while Democrats hold a lead over Republicans in the congressional preference polls.
A media outlet poll held on October 26 put Trump’s approval rating stood at 32%, up one percentage point from a record low in the previous week’s survey. Other polls cited by reports also show relatively weak approval ratings for Trump, although estimates vary by survey and the group of voters questioned.
Campaigning for the upcoming elections are in full swing. The Republicans are steadfast to hold their seats that have normally come to their names. With just four days left before Election Day on Tuesday, November 3, both parties are making their last case to voters in the Senate and House races that will decide control of Congress.