Trump believes Republicans will have resulted “better than expected”

O American President Donald Trump said today to expect a Republican result “better than expected” in the mid-term elections on Tuesday, at a time when all voting assemblies have already opened in the United States (USA).

“ I think the results will be better than they think,” Trump said in a telephone interview with Fox News, during which he called for a vote on Republican candidates.

The President attributed some of his optimism to the impact of the more than 20 rallies he held during the campaign, especially in traditionally favorable states of the Republican Party, but where the Democrats gained ground in the polls.

“ I did a 30-day tour and I can tell you that those stadiums were full. We've had more people than ever. I think those rallies had a great effect. I think it will have a great effect tonight,” Trump said.

The head of state also attacked the opposition, whose candidates have classified as “radical” and “jihadists”.

Trump also argued that the United States is going through one of the best moments in its history, contrasting the American situation with that of Europe, which, he said, is “falling apart”.

The president has confirmed that he will follow the election results from the White House in Washington.

Since the early hours of the day, Trump has published several messages on his social network, Truth Social, to appeal to the Republican vote, notably in Alaska, Iowa, Kansas, and Michigan, states considered important for the Senate dispute (high chamber of Congress).

In the USA there is no mandatory period of electoral reflection, so candidates can continue campaigning until the polls are closed.

The model of electoral projections Decision Desk HQ gives Democrats an 84% chance of winning the House of Representatives (low chamber) and 65% of recovering the majority in the Senate.

These projections arise in a context of discontent with presidential performance, particularly due to increased cost of living, inflation and fuel.

With the opening of voting assemblies in Hawaii and Adak, in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska, at 5:00 in Lisbon, all regions of the United States began voting.

The first assemblies had opened in Vermont, near the border with Canada, at 10:00 in Lisbon, followed progressively by the other states and the District of Columbia.

The territorial dimension of the United States, spread over six main time zones, causes the vote to take place over several hours, with equally phased closures.

Bad weather and rain hampered electoral operations in some areas of Kansas, Iowa, and Texas, while flooding forced the transfer of voting assemblies in Florida areas.

The polling takes place in an environment of judicial tension, after the Trump administration tried to prevent the accounting of more than 20,000 votes by correspondence, claiming that they belonged to people without US nationality.

Four courts, including the Supreme Court of the United States, rejected the claims of the federal government.

California Democratic governor Gavin Newsom has mobilized lawyers specialized in electoral law and over a thousand observers to follow the vote in places considered sensitive.

At the national level, the federal government highlighted about a thousand federal observers, in what the Department of Justice classified as the largest electoral surveillance operation in its history.

According to the University of Florida Electoral Laboratory, more than 54.8 million Americans exercised voting rights in person or by correspondence in advance.

Around 250 million Americans are entitled to vote, 8.4 million more than in the mid-term elections of 2022, an increase of approximately 3%, according to data from the Pew Research Institute.