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STATE OF TUESDAY: The Voting Machines Made Me Do It
President Donald Trump has blamed voting machines and large batches of early vote results for Republicans’ midterm defeat, reviving claims of election irregularities. The article says there is no evidence offered for those claims and argues that the result reflects voters’ response to the administration and the Republican Party.
Republicans have pointed to factors including the war in Iran, living and fuel costs, deportation figures, perceived White House corruption, congressional performance and Trump’s falling approval rating. Polls generally showed Democrats ahead, but underestimated the scale of their advantage: the article puts the final House vote margin at about 13 points, compared with roughly eight points in polling. It also explains that early votes are often reported before election-day ballots and can have a different partisan balance, making apparent “dumps” unsurprising.
In short
- Trump blamed machines and early vote batches for the GOP’s midterm loss.
- Polls predicted a Democratic lead but underestimated its size.
- Early vote reporting patterns do not by themselves indicate fraud.