Hello, readers and happy Election Day-eve! Kathryn Palmer here. It may seem like a blip compared to last year, but millions of Americans across the country will hit the polls tomorrow. I'm locked and loaded with a value-sized box of Diet Coke to get me through election night, and I invite other election nerds to also prepare for a potentially long evening of returns. Until then, let's get into today's news. |
Trump to hold tele-rallies in final Election Day sprint |
Aside from the millions of people who are choosing their new governor or mayor, the races are also top-of-mind for their potential to signal how 2026 midterm campaigns could begin. |
In California, voters are likely to pass a redistricting measure that could help determine whether Democrats or Republicans are best poised to win the U.S. House in next year's midterms. |
In Virginia and New Jersey, tight races for governor may signal whether voters in key states will contribute to a midterm referendum on the Trump administration. And in New York City's mayoral race, all eyes are on whether an upstart democratic socialist can defeat a moderate Democratic former governor. | Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for New York City's mayoral election, campaigns in the Queens borough on Oct. 26, 2025. Eduardo Munoz/Reuters |
Majority of Americans blame Trump for 'poor' economy in new poll |
Trump's approval rating dropped to one the lowest levels seen during his second term in a new poll from CNN/SSRS out today, with sour attitudes about the U.S. economy a leading issue among respondents. |
In the survey, the president had a 37% approval rating and a 63% disapproval rating. Both are noteworthy when compared to the poll's last several years of data, ranking as the highest disapproval number in either term so far, and the lowest approval rating of his second term. |
Portland judge extends block on National Guard deployment |
A federal judge in Portland yesterday renewed her temporary block on Trump's National Guard deployment, in the latest of a string of legal challenges that have challenged the administration's military-backed crime and immigration crackdown. |
Immergut temporarily blocked the troops based on a "widespread fear" when the country was founded that deploying the Army to states that didn't want it "posed an intolerable threat to individual liberty and to the sovereignty of the separate States." |
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