Election Day arrives after a surge in early voting, with observers keeping close watch at the polls

What happened

In his final major speech before midterm elections in which polls but the Democrats well ahead of the Republican Party, Donald Trump on Monday spent more than 20 minutes discussing pipes, joints and caulking as he touted his troubled renovations to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington. France 24 ↗

Also reported

The final day of voting in this year’s midterm elections arrives against a backdrop of uncertainty after a year in which President Donald Trump has tried to interfere in how states run their elections and sown doubts about the outcome should Republican... ABC News ↗

Sources

• Midterms: Trump uses final appeal to talk about troubled Reflecting Pool France 24
• Election Day arrives after a surge in early voting, with observers keeping close watch at the polls ABC News
• Trump spends the day before midterm Election Day promoting his Reflecting Pool makeover - ABC7 New York ABC7 New York
• Trump focuses on Reflecting Pool in final public speech before midterms CNBC
• Reflecting Pool vs. the state of the economy: Trump and Dems clash in closing messages AP News
• Trump brushes aside tough midterm prospects with visit to Reflecting Pool Reuters