Trump Heads to Iowa and Kansas for Sunday Rallies as More Than 52 Million Americans Have Already Voted
Two days before the midterms decide control of Congress, the president campaigns in two Farm Belt states his party cannot afford to lose — with a record 52 million ballots already cast, according to the University of Florida's Election Lab.
President Donald Trump returned to the campaign trail on Sunday with rallies in Iowa and Kansas, Republican-leaning Farm Belt states where his party is fighting to hold U.S. Senate seats two days before midterm elections that will decide control of Congress, Reuters reported. Trump spent Saturday at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida after weeks of campaigning across multiple states.
The map explains the stops. Trump won Iowa by double digits in 2024, but polls show Democrats tied with or leading Republicans in many of the state's races, and Trump's approval among rural Americans fell to a new low of 45 percent in October, according to Reuters/Ipsos polling. Kansas, which last elected a Democratic senator in 1932, is also facing an unexpectedly close race.
Thirty-five Senate seats and all 435 House seats are on Tuesday's ballot. Republicans hold a 53-47 Senate majority and a narrow edge in the House; losing either chamber would let Democrats block Trump's agenda for his final two years and launch investigations of his administration. More than 52 million Americans have already voted in person or by mail, according to the University of Florida's Election Lab — a record for a midterm, up from nearly 46 million who voted before Election Day in 2022. Florida's share of that early total closed Sunday night in Leon County, where polls reopen Tuesday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
