With six days to go before the November 3 midterm elections in the United States, Democrats are leading Republicans in national polls, but several key Senate races seem too close to call.
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President Donald Trump has stepped up his campaigning, holding two Republican rallies in Texas on Tuesday before heading to Ohio on Wednesday.
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Trump → step → Wednesday
Ex-President Barack Obama and former Vice President Kamala Harris are also hitting the campaign trail in Georgia for the Democratic Party.
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Obama → hit → Party
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list of 1 itemend of listHere is what the latest polls say, what happened on the campaign trail and what to expect on Wednesday.
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What do the latest polls suggest?
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With less than a week to go before the midterms, a Reuters/Ipsos poll suggests the Democrats are ahead of the Republicans by nine points.
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According to the October 22-26 survey, 47 percent of voters support the Democrats, compared with 36 percent who support the Republicans.
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who → accord → Republicans
When undecided voters’ leanings were taken into account, Democrats lead with 50 percent compared with Republicans’ 41 percent.
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Trump’s approval rating improved by a percentage point to 32 percent, with 73 percent of US adults saying the cost of living was going in the wrong direction.
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cost → improve → direction
In Texas, where Democrats have not won a Senate election since 1988, James Talarico and Republican Ken Paxton are virtually tied in the polls.
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Talarico → win → polls
Trump has made several trips to the state ahead of the midterms, but the polls indicate a much tighter race than the president has suggested.
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“The good people of Texas have probably never seen so much of President Trump.
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people → see → Trump
Four visits in seven weeks, which, to put that into context, is twice as many as we saw at the comparable period leading up to the 2024 election, which perhaps shows just how concerned Republicans are
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,” Al Jazeera’s Phil Lavelle said, reporting from the Texas coastal city of Corpus Christi.
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Lavelle → say → Christi
Lavelle said local analysis suggested more Republicans have voted early than Democrats, but Talarico has also been courting Republicans dissatisfied with Trump.
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“That doesn’t mean Republicans are voting for Republican candidates,” Lavelle said.
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Lavelle → mean → candidates
In Michigan, Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers are also competing in a closely contested Senate race.
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Sayed → compete → race
“I was a Republican forever, but I became an independent in the last two elections,” Michael Alexander, a Native American backing El-Sayed, told Al Jazeera.
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Alexander → become → Jazeera
“I don’t really vote for a party any more.
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I vote for who I think will do the best job.”
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I → vote → job
Kansas has not elected a Democrat to the Senate since 1932, but Republican incumbent Roger Marshall now faces a close contest against Democrat Adam Hamilton.
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Marshall → elect → Hamilton
The race has brought Trump and his deputy, JD Vance, to the state.
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race → bring → state
“There’s a reason why we’re seeing not only US President Donald Trump but also Vice President JD Vance heading to Kansas because it’s actually in play,” Al Jazeera’s Patty Culhane said.
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Culhane → ’ → play
According to The Associated Press news agency, both parties and their allied groups have committed about $71m to campaign advertising in the Kansas race, making it the most expensive Senate contest in the state’s history.
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What happened in the US midterm campaigns over the past 24 hours?
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Trump addressed two campaign rallies in Texas on Tuesday in support of Paxton.
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Trump → address → Paxton
In Corpus Christi, Trump pointed to a tanker that he said was carrying one million barrels of Venezuelan oil and called it a win for his administration.
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he → point → administration
He also suggested the idea of making Venezuela the 51st US state.
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The Trump administration has signed an oil deal with Venezuela’s interim leader, Delcy Rodriguez, after abducting socialist President Nicolas Maduro in a military operation in January.
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administration → sign → January
Trump also announced plans to roll back the Biden-era restrictions on methane emissions from oil and gas production, stating that it would help bring down energy prices.
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it → announce → prices
Fuel prices have become a huge election issue as the US-Israel war on Iran continues.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio has also joined Trump for a rare campaign-trail appearance in Texas.
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Rubio → join → Texas
In Alaska, Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski has backed Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins for governor rather than Bernadette Wilson, the Trump-endorsed candidate.
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Murkowski → back → governor
Trump heads to Ohio on Wednesday for his third rally in the state this month, as Republicans try to defend a Senate seat being challenged by former Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown.
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Republicans → head → Brown
The US president is scheduled to speak in Chillicothe at 23:00 GMT.
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president → schedule → GMT
Republican Senator Jon Husted, who took over Vance’s seat when he became vice president, is facing Brown, who is seeking a return to the Senate after losing his seat in 2024.
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who → take → 2024
The two are in a closely contested race, with more than $400m spent or reserved for campaign advertising as of October 8, according to an Axios report.
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Republicans are particularly concerned in Texas, Ohio, Kansas and Iowa, where even a few percentage points for a third party could swing the outcome.
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Trump is scheduled to hold rallies in Ohio on Wednesday and Iowa on Sunday.
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Trump → schedule → Sunday
Vance will be in Kinston, North Carolina, campaigning for Republican Senate candidate Michael Whatley, who is running against former Democratic Governor Roy Cooper.
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who → campaign → Cooper
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