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11/3/18

US Midterm Elections: A Nation in Turmoil Prepares to Deliver a Verdict on Trump - by Alexander Burns and Jonathan Martin


The tumultuous 2018 midterm campaign, shaped by conflicts over race and identity and punctuated by tragedy, barreled through its final weekend as voters prepared to deliver a verdict on the first half of President Trump’s term, with Republicans bracing for losses in the House and state capitals but hopeful they would prevail in Senate races in areas where Mr. Trump is popular.

The president was set to storm across two states Saturday, two Sunday and three Monday in an effort to pick off Senate seats in Indiana, Florida and a handful of other battlegrounds where Republicans hope to add to their one-seat majority in the chamber. Democrats and liberal activists, galvanized by opposition to Mr. Trump, gathered Saturday to knock on doors and make turnout calls from Pennsylvania to Illinois to Washington to try to erase the G.O.P.’s 23-seat House majority.

The run-up to the election, widely seen as a referendum on Mr. Trump’s divisive persona and hard-line policy agenda, has revealed deep strains in the president’s political coalition and left him confined to campaign in a narrow band of conservative communities. Republicans’ intermittent focus on favorable economic news, such as the Friday report showing strong job growth, has been overwhelmed by Mr. Trump’s message of racially incendiary nationalism.

While Mr. Trump retains a strong grip on many red states and working-class white voters, his jeremiads against immigrants and penchant for ridicule have proved destabilizing, with the party losing more affluent whites and moderates in metropolitan areas key to control of the House.

Note EU-Digest: Amazing, but also very sad, what has happened to the US since January 20, 2017, when Trump became President. Despite claims by the US President (who has been found to have lied by independent research tanks more than 6400 times since his inauguration) and his Republican base, that the economy is doing fantastic, the truth is quite different - see https://www.chicagotribune.com/…/ct-perspec-trump-economy-j…

Basically just about every thing the Trump Administration has been tampering with has been a disaster, starting with the appointment of his dysfunctional scandal ridden Cabinet - Affordable healthcare for everyone including for those with existing preconditions - US Foreign Policy - Clean Air Policies - Gay Rights-Equal Rights - Curbing white supremacy and pro-neo-Nazi groups/hate crimes-Gun Control -migrant and immigration policies - Freedom of Speech and the list can go on and on. 

AMERICAN VOTERS ARE STILL ABLE TO MAKE THE COUNTRY CHANGE COURSE, AWAY FROM TUMBLING DOWN THE CLIFF - BY USING THEIR RIGHT TO VOTE ON TUESDAY NOVEMBER 6.


Read more:: A Nation in Turmoil Prepares to Deliver a Verdict on Trump - The New York Times

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