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Tens of millions cast early ballots as US midterm elections take place
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Tens of millions of Americans cast early ballots before Election Day in the US midterm elections. Straight Arrow News reports more than 57 million early votes, and France 24 reports more than 58 million. ABC News says early turnout is outpacing the pace at this point in the 2022 midterms, and Bloomberg reports that early voting has set a record. France 24 reports that most polls suggest Democrats will take the House, and describes the vote as widely considered a referendum on President Donald Trump.
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Tens of millions of Americans had cast early ballots before Election Day.
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- ABC News
- Center
- France 24, Straight Arrow News
Reported early vote totals are more than 57 million (Straight Arrow News) and more than 58 million (France 24).
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- France 24, Straight Arrow News
ABC News reports early turnout is outpacing the pace at this point in the 2022 midterms.
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Straight Arrow News says the early vote is nearly as large as the entire early vote in the 2022 midterms.
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Bloomberg reports that early voting has set a record.
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All sides report that tens of millions of Americans voted early, with totals above 57 million. The left stresses a record and early turnout outpacing 2022, while the center gives exact totals and frames the vote as high stakes.
the left
2 outlets
Left headlines lead with the record: Bloomberg says the midterms notch a record on early voting, and ABC frames the story as record early voting in the state of the race.
Midterms Notch Record on Early Voting
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Center headlines stress scale and stakes, citing more than 57 million early votes and a high-stakes midterm, while France 24 leads with an exact count of over 58 million.
More than 57 million vote early as high-stakes midterm elections get underway
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widely considered a referendum on Donald Trumpstymie
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widely considered a referendum on Donald TrumpMore neutral: a vote that some observers see as a referendum on Donald Trump
It presents one framing of the vote as common opinion without naming who holds it.
Polls have opened in dozens of US states in what is widely considered a referendum on Donald Trump.
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stymieMore neutral: block
Stymie implies the agenda would be deliberately blocked, which is a judgement about what a Democratic House would do rather than a reported fact.
…will take back the House of Representatives, but could they also take the Senate and stymie Trump’s agenda during his final two years in office?
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From the left
2 outletsLeads with
- record early voting
- early turnout compared with 2022
- the midterms as a live political contest
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- BloombergLeft
Midterms Notch Record on Early Voting
On the early edition of Balance of Power, Bloomberg Washington Correspondents Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz discuss the latest on today's midterm elections. …
- ABC NewsLeft
WATCH: State of the race: Record early voting
Tens of millions of Americans will vote today, but tens of millions have already cast their ballots, outpacing where turnout stood at this point four years ago in the last midterm election.
From the center
2 outletsLeads with
- exact early vote totals
- comparison with the 2022 early vote
- high stakes of the midterms
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- Bloomberg’s record claim
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- France 24Center
US midterm elections: Over 58 million Americans cast early ballots
How powerful is US President Donald Trump? That’s the question pollsters have been asking in the lead-up to the midterm elections. Polls have opened in dozens of US states in what is Vague attribution“widely considered a referendum on Donald Trump”It presents one framing of the vote as common opinion without naming who holds it.More neutral: a vote that some observers see as a referendum on Donald TrumpDisagree with this highlight?. …
- Straight Arrow NewsCenter
More than 57 million vote early as high-stakes midterm elections get underway
More than 57 million Americans had already voted before Election Day — nearly as many as the entire early vote in the 2022 midterms.
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2 hr 32 min later
Its first report, Nov 3, 11:02 AM EST
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Straight Arrow News, Nov 3, 8:30 AM EST
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- Straight Arrow NewsCenterNov 3, 8:30 AM EST
- ABC NewsLeftNov 3, 11:02 AM EST
- France 24CenterNov 3, 11:46 AM EST
- BloombergLeftNov 3, 3:55 PM EST
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