{"id":148503,"date":"2026-11-03T07:59:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T12:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=148503"},"modified":"2026-11-03T05:40:56","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T10:40:56","slug":"bloomberg-us-voters-head-to-polls-in-biggest-referendum-on-trumps-presidency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=148503","title":{"rendered":"(Bloomberg) US Voters Head to Polls in Biggest Referendum on Trump\u2019s Presidency"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">America\u2019s referendum on President Donald Trump\u2019s second term is underway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With polls set to open Tuesday morning for the US midterm elections and tens of millions of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-10-30\/midterm-elections-2026-early-voting-hits-record-ahead-of-election-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">early ballots<\/a> already cast, voters say they are frustrated by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/features\/2026-us-midterm-election-affordability\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">high cost of living<\/a>, fuel prices that spiked after the launch of the Iran war and uncertainty over where their jobs and the world\u2019s largest economy are headed in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/features\/2026-06-26\/silicon-valley-money-drives-ai-s-growing-role-in-2026-us-elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">age of AI<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democrats are expected by many to take control of the House of Representatives, with opinion polls signaling for months that the party has a wide enough advantage with voters to overcome headwinds from Republican-led redistricting efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Winning the Senate is more uncertain but has shifted from being a Democratic pipe dream mere months ago to a real possibility, with the GOP unexpectedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-10-24\/democrats-midterm-map-expands-in-warning-sign-for-republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">playing defense<\/a> in traditionally safe bastions like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/features\/2026-10-05\/kansas-senate-race-2026-republicans-risk-first-loss-in-94-years\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kansas<\/a>, Texas, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-08-19\/tight-alaska-primary-previews-race-that-may-tip-senate-majority\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alaska<\/a> and South Carolina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-11-03\/trump-faces-referendum-as-voters-head-to-polls-in-midterm-elections-2026\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trump isn&#8217;t on the ballot Tuesday, but his policies and record are front and center as US voters decide control of Congress https:\/\/t.co\/zYDJPfcizp<\/p>&mdash; Bloomberg (@business) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/business\/status\/2117485703793697005?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 3, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>America\u2019s referendum on President Donald Trump\u2019s second term is underway. With polls set to open Tuesday morning for the US midterm elections and tens of millions of early ballots already cast, voters say they are frustrated by the high cost<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=148503\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[209,151],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-148503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-americau-s-a","category-politics-in-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=148503"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148503\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":148507,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148503\/revisions\/148507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=148503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=148503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=148503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}