WASHINGTON.- Donald Trump and the Democrats held their final get-out-the-vote rallies on Monday, on the eve of the November 3 midterm elections, with Democrats expecting to win at least partial control of Congress and impose the first political check on Donald Trump in two years — and with a record of more than 54 million Americans having already cast their ballots before Election Day.
The final rallies capped a campaign of extraordinary tension, with star Democratic Senate candidates James Talarico in Texas and Adam Hamilton in Kansas closing on the road while Donald Trump campaigned for Republicans. Polls show Democrats are near certain to take the majority in the House of Representatives from Republicans and have a real shot at winning the Senate, where Republicans now hold a 53-47 majority and only a third of the 100 seats are contested.
The final polls: Democrats lead everywhere that matters
The final New York Times/Siena University poll, released on Sunday evening, showed Democratic candidates leading in all seven of the Senate seats viewed as most competitive, although five of them remained within the margin of error. An NBC News poll released on Sunday found 60% of voters disapproving of Donald Trump, with 52% preferring a Democratic-controlled Congress against 45% who want Republicans to keep it.
The RealClearPolling average gives Democrats a lead of about eight points on the national generic ballot, 51.5% to 43.1%, and prediction markets agree: as of November 1, Kalshi gave Democrats a 92% chance of winning the House and Polymarket 94%. Early voting has smashed the previous record: more than 54 million ballots were already cast, well above the 45.9 million early votes of 2022, and voters who already cast ballots favor Democrats by a wide margin, while those who have not yet voted are split evenly.
What happens on Tuesday
All 435 House seats, 35 Senate seats and 36 governorships are on the ballot on Tuesday, November 3. The first polls close at 6 p.m. Eastern time, and the last close in Alaska at 1 a.m. Eastern — a long election night in which the House is expected to be called first and the Senate could come down to a handful of states. Pollsters themselves warn that they have underestimated Republicans before, so the final rallies on Monday were, for both parties, a last push to turn out voters who have not yet voted.
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Sources: AFP via Malay Mail, Korea Times and Philstar, November 2, 2026; Khaleej Times, November 2, 2026; Times Now News, November 2, 2026.