Americans vote in election that could reshape Trump presidency
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Millions of Americans voted on Nov 3 in a midterm election seen as a referendum on Donald Trump that could wrest control of Congress from Republicans and impose major restraints on the US President’s remaining two years in office.
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that → vote → office
Polls predict the Democrats will win a majority in the House of Representatives and possibly seize the Senate on the back of voter resentment at an unpopular President, soaring energy costs and the ongoing conflict with Iran.
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Democrats → predict → Iran
Republicans losing the House would give Democrats the power to stall Trump’s legislative agenda and launch sweeping investigations of his administration.
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losing → lose → administration
A Senate defeat would threaten his ability to appoint Supreme Court justices and senior officials – and signal that Trump’s overwhelming dominance of US politics is finally fading.
Gabrielle Schlueter, a 69-year-old retiree casting her ballot in Atlanta, Georgia, told AFP that she was voting a straight Democratic ticket.
“The way the country is going is not very good.
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country → threaten → ticket
The prices of everything,” Schlueter said.
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Schlueter → say → everything
I’m not suffering from it but others shouldn’t have that worry.”
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others → suffer → worry
Trump, 80, defended his record in a final TV phone-in pitch to voters on Nov 3, saying he had rebuilt the country through his immigration crackdown, war on Iran and tariffs.
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he → defend → Iran
“We have to keep America great.
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We → have → America
We’re great now.
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We → ’re → ?
We were terrible two years ago,” Trump told Fox & Friends.
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Trump → tell → Fox
Democrats need only three House gains and a net four seats in the Senate to take control of both chambers from the Republicans.
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Democrats → need → Republicans
Trump returned to office promising to bring down prices, but inflation, tariffs and fuel costs inflated by the Middle East conflict have squeezed Americans.
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inflation → return → Americans
Economic discontent
Republicans insist that Trump’s tax cuts and anti-migrant stance will benefit voters, and they have portrayed Democratic candidates as left-wing radicals – a message that has seemed to resonate with some voters.
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that → insist → voters
“Democrats used to be decent in the past but they became very socialist,” Maru Restrepo, a 70-year-old voter of Colombian origin, told AFP in Miami.
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Restrepo → use → Miami
“The Republicans maintain America’s values.
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Republicans → maintain → values
They love the country.”
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They → love → country
In his final public campaign appearance on Nov 2, Trump barely touched on the election and gave a rambling talk about his problem-plagued renovation of Washington’s Reflecting Pool.
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Trump → touch → Pool
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer branded it a “pathetic closing message”.
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Schumer → brand → it
Republicans currently hold a 53-47 Senate majority, but the battlefield has extended into once reliably conservative states like Kansas, Texas, Iowa, Ohio and Alaska.
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battlefield → hold → Kansas
Democrats must also defend competitive seats, including in Michigan, where a bitter internal dispute saw congresswoman Haley Stevens endorse Republican Mike Rogers rather than the Democratic nominee, Abdul El-Sayed.
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Stevens → defend → Rogers
Decision Desk HQ’s final forecast projected 241 House seats for Democrats against 194 for Republicans, and a narrower 52-48 Democratic Senate majority.
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forecast → project → majority
More than 57 million Americans had already voted early before Nov 3, indicating high engagement.
The campaign has attracted more than US$11 billion (S$14.1 billion) in political advertising, and mega-rich Trump ally Elon Musk has poured hundreds of millions of dollars into Republican efforts.
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Musk → vote → efforts
As soon as polls close, concerns will mount over whether results will be accepted by the Republicans.
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results → close → Republicans
Trump, who tried to overturn his 2020 presidential election defeat, has repeatedly alleged widespread voter fraud and accused Democrats – with no evidence – of cheating.
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who → try → cheating
Voting machines malfunctioned in a hotly contested House race in New York state on Nov 3, prompting right-wing influencers to fling unfounded allegations of fraud even as local election officials insisted all ballots would be counted.
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ballots → malfunction → fraud
The Justice Department, run by Trump’s former personal lawyer, has already sued to potentially block certification of Alaska’s Senate race if Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan narrowly loses, although a court ruled against the effort.
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court → run → effort
And the Supreme Court rejected on Nov 2 an emergency bid to force California to set aside the mail-in ballots of more than 20,000 people on the grounds they may not be American citizens.
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they → reject → grounds
Trump, who will watch the midterms results at the White House on the night of Nov 3, said that if he does lose control of Congress he has a plan to defy Democrats.
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he → watch → Democrats
“I veto everything,” he vowed.
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he → veto → everything
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