Midterm elections/early voting called “ridiculous” but Trump casts all votes 10 days before election

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According to the New York Times, on the afternoon of the 24th, Trump went to a Palm Beach County polling station to cast his vote, before leaving for Georgia to campaign for Republican candidates. When a reporter asked him if he was voting for all Republicans, he replied: “Of course.”

However, Trump has criticized early voting in the past as “stupid” and “ridiculous”, and has even spread conspiracy theories and questioned the fraud of mail-in voting. In July 2024, he publicly advocated that “we should implement a one-day voting system.” However, in the special election in March this year and the Florida primary in August, Trump voted by mail.

As the November 3 midterm elections approach, Trump has traveled across the United States, actively campaigning for Republican candidates, and even called on supporters to “pretend” that his name is on the ballot, thereby encouraging supporters to vote. Three weeks earlier, he had posted a video on social media urging people to vote: “Vote early, vote by mail, or go to a polling station to vote in person on Election Day.”

However, Republicans face extreme headwinds, including low approval ratings for Trump 2.0 policies and voter dissatisfaction with rising prices. Therefore, when Trump voted, he clearly said: “The performance of the current president’s party in the midterm elections is often unsatisfactory, almost always.” Although the approval rating fell to a new low this week, Trump is still very optimistic that Republicans can break this historic law: “No president has ever campaigned like me. I campaigned very, very hard.”

According to data from the “American Presidency Project” at the University of California, Santa Barbara, in all midterm elections from 1934 to 2018, the current president’s party lost an average of 28 seats in the House of Representatives and an average of 4 seats in the Senate.

Surveys show that the current electoral situation is unfavorable for Trump and the Republican Party. Outsiders predict that the Republican Party could lose control of the House of Representatives and even the Senate. If the Republican Party no longer controls a majority in Congress, Trump could become a lame-duck president in the remaining two years of his term. Not only will he be unable to promote legislation, but Trump and his staff could also face multiple congressional investigations. Democrats have already announced they will investigate Trump’s business activities through family holding companies and transactions involving close associates since returning to the White House.