The president of the United States, Donald Trump, will face election night from the White House, accompanied by his advisors and closest circle, in a private event at the presidential residence, where he will stay with the mobile phone in hand to continue encouraging on social media the vote for Republican candidates.
In the hours before the polling stations closed, Trump has expressly requested support for aspirants such as Barry Moore (Senate for Georgia), Dan S. Sullivan (Senate for Alaska), or Andy Biggs (Senate for Arizona), all of whom are part of his “Trump team” and direct recipients of the 28 rallies that the president has held before this Tuesday’s legislative elections.
The president faces these elections while his popularity is at one of its lowest levels, according to the first exit polls released by CBS News. Trump gets only 38 percent approval, a figure worse than that recorded in the 2018 midterms, during his first term, and also lower than George W. Bush’s in 2006, when Republicans lost control of both chambers of Congress.
The main cause of this decline is the economy: in Trump’s first term, 68% of voters considered right after voting that the economic situation in the United States was “excellent” or “good” in the exit polls. Now the scenario has flipped, and 75% define the economic situation as “fair” or “bad,” according to the polls released by NBC News.
In this context, the president will remain during the evening in the East Room of Reception at the White House, along with members of his Cabinet, staff from the official residence, and several external advisors, including his main pollster, Tony Fabrizio, as sources from the Presidency have indicated to NBC News.
As a striking detail of the day, Trump has reserved one of his latest messages to attack political analyst Jessica Tarlov, the Democratic voice in debates on the conservative network Fox News, one of the president’s favorite broadcasters.
“I can’t stand her voice. She’s dumber than a stone, but it’s her voice that gets on my nerves. I have to go somewhere else until this loser is off camera. Then I come back,” he complained.