Trump’s Indiana rally – 11/5/18

.@realDonaldTrump is kicking off his rally in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Follow this thread for live fact-checks! #ElectionDay2018 pic.twitter.com/6YRgQGpZ4x

— PolitiFact (@PolitiFact) November 5, 2018

Large, loud crowd awaiting President Trump in Ft Wayne, Indiana pic.twitter.com/Sn85pNXlua

— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) November 5, 2018

"In other words, she leaked," President Trump says of Feinstein, acting out the Cornyn/Feinstein exchange on Brett Kavanaugh and the letter as a one-act play. Cornyn said at the time he believed Feinstein when she told him she did not leak the Christine Blasey Ford letter.

— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) November 5, 2018

Two other female surrogates for Trump, but also government employees, Sarah Sanders and Kellyanne Conway speaking to rally in Indiana now. https://t.co/0Tk0bVXEhR

— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) November 5, 2018

After Ivanka speaks Trump calls up Kellyanne Conway and Sarah Sanders in Indiana. notably does not use their official titles to avoid Hatch Act. Sanders hints at her "official capacity" but doesn't say "press secretary"

— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) November 5, 2018

Both said they are speaking in their "personal capacity" but you can count on this raising Hatch Act concerns. https://t.co/L3OGw9kqEE

— Jordan Fabian (@Jordanfabian) November 5, 2018

"You don't need to be a pollster to know how to count," Kellyanne Conway tells crowd in Indiana. "This place is filled to the rafters." Conway and Sarah Sanders are now on stage holding court.

— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) November 5, 2018

Just now in Indiana, Trump decried Rep. Max Waters as "a real genius," and told a protester "to go home to mommy." https://t.co/txxxyqWu8V

— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) November 5, 2018

Strength is all https://t.co/YAdmxgIVtW

— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) November 5, 2018

Trump is delivering extended remarks on Kavanaugh at the Indiana rally, when he barely mentioned it in Ohio.

— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) November 5, 2018

Illegal immigration costs the country more than $100 billion every year, Trump says in Indiana.

And that’s a low number, he says, because “if I’m off 15 cents on the high side" they'll say I exaggerated, he says. pic.twitter.com/6UoJJya8LP

— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) November 6, 2018

From WH pool report at his IN rally:
Trump told the crowd to take a look at the "thousands and thousands of people" who were outside and couldn't get in, and said they were lucky. Pool did not see any people waiting outside the coliseum to get in.

— Jackie Calmes (@jackiekcalmes) November 6, 2018

Trump in Indiana: “I do eventually want to unite.” (Fact check. He’s been president for almost two years)

— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) November 6, 2018

At last @realDonaldTrump #Trump rally of the season for us in Fort Wayne, Indiana @Acosta got dozens of requests to sign autographs but this one cracked me up. #cnn #realnews pic.twitter.com/XJMQXSfyVN

— Matt Hoye (@mattyhoyeCNN) November 6, 2018

"Outside is even more incredible," Trump says in Fort Wayne, claiming that "thousands and thousands of people" were outside the venue.

Fact: There were no people waiting outside the venue. Here's a shot from outside. pic.twitter.com/T9eiIUuKlR

— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) November 6, 2018

Trump isn’t emphasizing the economy

Trump prefers to concentrate on white nationalism instead of the excellent unemployment, GDP, and job creation numbers.

"@realDonaldTrump thought his Friday rallies would be boring — and maybe he was right — if he focused on the roaring economy and the likelihood Americans will see it and their fortunes fall if they elect Democrats next week." By @KJTorrance https://t.co/b0B0y8oxJy

— Spectator USA (@SpectatorUSA) November 4, 2018

He may be right in terms of what his cult wants to hear. The economy made a lot of progress under Obama and that didn’t help Clinton and the Democrats in 2018.

Fact check for recent Trump rallies

Fact-checking Trump's campaign rallies: the final stretch including claims in Cleveland, Ohio https://t.co/nXD9igBwWM pic.twitter.com/jNdSZYK1ma

— PolitiFact (@PolitiFact) November 5, 2018

2018 elections update – 11/5/18

.@KatyTurNBC: What I learned at last weekend's rallies with Donald Trump and Barack Obama. https://t.co/yDA1o85f11

— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 5, 2018

A spate of House polls reinforces good news for the Democratic Party (@pbump) https://t.co/7RIc50qKPE

— OpinionToday.com (@OpinionToday) November 6, 2018

Here we are! My cheatsheet of all things I'm watching: 410 items, incl. legislatures, referenda, DAs, & far more. https://t.co/NZCp52Hpi7

It'll update live tmrw. And now I also have a printable PDF! https://t.co/Bs6L1eDcWo

Feel free to print, share, follow, save, bookmark! pic.twitter.com/JuJV7jawrU

— Taniel (@Taniel) November 5, 2018

It's not too late. (Depending on where you live.) https://t.co/ATZO8nZkvQ #ElectionDay #ElectionEve pic.twitter.com/sMLNAHcV0A

— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) November 5, 2018

Here are key races to watch as the midterm elections head toward the homestretch https://t.co/CFlT3Jto36

— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) November 5, 2018

AP: Based on reports from 49 states, as of today at least 36.4 million have already voted in the midterms. And 30 states have now exceeded the total number of mail and in-person votes cast ahead of the 2014 midterms

— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) November 5, 2018

U.S. intelligence officials have seen no evidence that any nation state is attempting to tamper with voting systems or election infrastructure ahead of tomorrow's midterm election, intelligence officials told @NBCNews https://t.co/A6fWonRmF0

— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 5, 2018

Catching up on the early vote today. As I said a week or so ago, you can slowly rule out different turnout scenarios as the early vote ticks up. In general, I'd say that we're looking very good on the overall partisan makeup of the electorate, but we're too low on overall turnout

— Nate Cohn (@Nate_Cohn) November 5, 2018

1/ On the eve of #ElectionDay, here's the latest on #txelex:@nytimes released a new poll that puts @ColinAllredTX at a 4-point lead against @PeteSessions. The poll's ±4.7% margin of error means the contest could be a dead heat.

From @gromerjeffers: https://t.co/IISY5kesDh

— Dallas Morning News (@dallasnews) November 5, 2018

I don't think this is where it will end up, but this would legit open the door to a Dem majority if McDaniel snuck into the runoff with Espy. https://t.co/svrMGXfsF5

— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) November 5, 2018

GOP candidate Kris Kobach “accepted financial donations from white nationalist sympathizers”: report https://t.co/Stcnxcriu5

— Salon (@Salon) November 5, 2018

Meet Kyrsten Sinema, the Democrat vying for Arizona's open Senate seat https://t.co/75yYzJDFNl pic.twitter.com/Bd1z8erFPI

— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) November 5, 2018

6/ In New England a few Republican governors, such as Charlie Baker of Massachusetts and Vermont’s Phil Scott, stick to defending their views on gun control and social welfare—and are likely to win reelection as a result. https://t.co/7gl4x8OUD2

— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) November 5, 2018

5/ Former President Barack Obama made it a point, in the final days of campaigning, to stop and stump for Gillum in Miami. https://t.co/voYHDdnkSm

— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) November 5, 2018

Generic Ballot: historical comparisons 1982-2018 by demographic
(GOP minus Dem margin) pic.twitter.com/mxpu6HAzTS

— Adrian Gray (@adrian_gray) November 5, 2018

Key Senate races our panelists will be watching https://t.co/07G1Xfg9yB @ScottJenningsKY @Bakari_Sellers @mkhammer @KirstenPowers discuss @TheLeadCNN

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) November 5, 2018

1/ All eyes are on the November 6 midterms, and for many, there’s a particular focus on governorships across the country. https://t.co/pFdz9bixaU

— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) November 5, 2018

Ads flood Florida airwaves where several races are dead heats https://t.co/OzeojZ3FDR @ryanobles reports @TheLeadCNN

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) November 5, 2018

Also in Michigan, but worthy of its own mention, is my time spent in Flint. The water crisis remains very real for many, and with a governor's election Tuesday, the city still struggles with how to trust the same government that oversaw its poison: https://t.co/58KBSUH3Sa

— Astead (@AsteadWesley) November 5, 2018

Trump talks about illegal voting – will he challenge election results?

I think he will use his lie about illegal voting to challenge some of the results where Republicans lose:

Without evidence, Trump and Sessions warn of voter fraud in Tuesday’s elections https://t.co/7R4VzQW87P

— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) November 6, 2018

from the article: “Accusations of voter fraud and voter suppression have roared to the forefront in several closely contested races this year, raising the possibility of recounts and disputed results among dozens of races for House, Senate and governor.”

Trump planting the seeds to contest election results based on the LIE that he “believes” there is “a lot of illegal voting.”

There is NO evidence of this, despite extensive research, including by his own admin.

There IS *ample* evidence of illegal voter suppression by the GOP. https://t.co/8glOirsANV

— Leah McElrath (@leahmcelrath) November 5, 2018

He has no proof. He’s just lying again.

I asked POTUS what proof he has that people are trying to vote illegally.

He told me to “just take a look” because “a lot of people in my opinion and based on proof” try to “get in illegally and actually vote illegally.”

Warned of “prosecutions at the highest level.”

— Jordan Fabian (@Jordanfabian) November 5, 2018

In all of the watching that law enforcement, Trump's own election commission, and outside observers have done, no one has found ANY mass conspiracy around illegal voting. About 10 people vote illegally each election across the Whole Country. Please don't scare voters! Thanks! https://t.co/foM2ZGjoMC

— GovTrack.🇺🇸 (@govtrack) November 5, 2018

Hey, you know what else is illegal?

Any effort to "intimidate, threaten, or coerce any other person for the purpose of interfering with the right of such other person to vote." (18 U.S.C. 594).

Don't you think you've gotten yourself in enough trouble, already? https://t.co/6ofVE6pWmb

— Ronald Klain (@RonaldKlain) November 5, 2018

Trump may push to challenge the legitimacy of the 2018 elections if the Republicans lose

Trump’s ad is so racist even Fox won’t run it

Trump wanted to run on bigotry and fear instead of a good economy.

President Trump "hated" his campaign's closing ad and insisted on pivoting to immigration https://t.co/g524YvIXRS pic.twitter.com/fGHzb0iwOX

— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) November 6, 2018

And yet the list of current elected Republicans who are raising alarms about Trump closing his campaign with the most open appeals to white racial resentments & fears since George Wallace (and maybe more overt than even him) includes….waiting, waiting, waiting. https://t.co/lvVTyGIeWO

— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) November 6, 2018

Guess who likes that ad ——> https://t.co/IdtWwjjmxX

— Charlie Sykes (@SykesCharlie) November 5, 2018

So, to summarize today's ad action: @CNN, @NBC, @FoxNews and @Facebook have all rejected an ad by the *President of the United States* because they consider it racist. Amazing.

— Paul Farhi (@farhip) November 5, 2018

That racist Trump ad WAS running on Fox News, but not anymore: "Upon further review, FOX News pulled the ad yesterday and it will not appear on either FOX News Channel or FOX Business Network," ad sales president Marianne Gambelli says. https://t.co/BJWKspmiwM

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) November 5, 2018

Trump claims he didn't know his campaign's immigration ad now will not air on Fox, NBC and CNN.

"I don't know about it, you're telling me something I don't know … We have a lot of ads."

He added: "A lot of things are offensive … Your questions are offensive.”

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) November 5, 2018

Fox News takes a principled stand against airing fear-mongering videos about immigration. https://t.co/3iD7FQ7lyq

— Philip Bump (@pbump) November 5, 2018

Notice how the clear use of "racist" to describe this advertisement changed the entire conversation surrounding it. Not racially charged. Not plays on racial anxieties. But racist https://t.co/T1u3yyyNkL

— Astead (@AsteadWesley) November 5, 2018

Voter suppression update – 11/4/18

Restrictions on voting have been virtually all imposed by Republicans, reflecting rising partisanship and the weakening of the Voting Rights Act by the Supreme Court in 2013. https://t.co/Vp9hBuubBZ

— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) November 4, 2018

.@rickhasen on the disturbing and unfortunate Supreme Court precedent discouraging any emergency relief for even outrageous and obvious voter suppression if the evidence comes close to an election. Truly wrongheaded. https://t.co/BAi0hcvPF6

— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) November 2, 2018

We're tracking voter suppression across the country ahead of the 2018 elections. Follow this thread to keep up with politicians' attempts to block access to the ballot box. https://t.co/8sl7gO99Zn

— Let America Vote (@letamericavote) October 26, 2018

Kris Kobach’s voter suppression record:
–Blocked 35,000 from registering
–Held in contempt of court
–1,200 ballots rejected because of his voter ID law
–1 polling place for 13,000 in Dodge City
–And now overseeing his own electionhttps://t.co/xANnCwPlux

— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) November 3, 2018

Excellent background on gerrymandering

Below is an excerpt from my new book — part of the chapter about how Dems got caught napping by GOP gerrymandering strategy, and how we're still paying the price for it today. If you liked, you can pick up the book here: https://t.co/rWsq7vUAaG https://t.co/lG97wQYfTk

— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) November 4, 2018

Kemp attacks Democrats but provides no specifics

The Florida and Georgia governor’s races are the ugliest in the country thanks to Trumps racism and outrageous statements from the Republican candidates. I bet these elections wind up in court.

Georgia Republican governor candidate Brian Kemp — who oversees his state's elections, including his own race — tells reporters he is "not worried about how it looks" to launch investigation into his opponents 2 days before Election Day. https://t.co/dNlrKcYVtt

— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 6, 2018

Brian Kemp's voter suppression record:

Purged 1.5 million voters

Closed 214 polling places

Put 53k registrations on hold

Refused to replace hackable GA voting machines

Led bogus voter fraud prosecutions

And now overseeing own electionhttps://t.co/TK1MMO7INa

— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) November 4, 2018

Announcing this today with no specific allegations instead of after the election or with explicit evidence certainly gives the impression it has a non-official intent. https://t.co/T9nzMHWB7k

— Philip Bump (@pbump) November 4, 2018

Accusing your opponent of hacking an election when you are running against her + overseeing the integrity of aforementioned election feels like a desperate. premeditated attempt to call your anticipated loss unfair. @DHSgov @FBI hope to hear from you soon.

— Sam Vinograd (@sam_vinograd) November 4, 2018

In most democracies, what Brian Kemp is doing in Georgia would simply be impossible: nobody else – not the Brits, not the German, nobody – would entrust the enforcement of election laws to one of the very people competing in that election https://t.co/SXUx20DcK1

— David Frum (@davidfrum) November 4, 2018

Kemp, it’s worth noting, refused federal help to secure Georgia’s elections from foreign hacking.

Anyway, Kemp has a history of investigations that reek of political motivation. https://t.co/eXKfW44SDn

— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) November 4, 2018

After Brian Kemp announced they were opening an investigation into the Georgia Democratic Party for what it called a “failed attempt to hack the state’s voter registration system,” Stacey Abrams told @jaketapper he is “desperate to turn the conversation away from his failures.” pic.twitter.com/moD3eM4XeO

— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) November 4, 2018

I've been saying for a while that Republicans will abuse their power in an effort to hold on to the House, so it's not really a surprise to see this kind of thing. But I'm still feeling kind of shocked at the reality 1/ https://t.co/K6aVFJXV1I

— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) November 4, 2018

Brian Kemp is the modern Republican Party personified. When panicked, he’ll steal your vote or manufacture a crisis. Watch how ugly this gets, and rest assured it’s going to be the template going forward. https://t.co/x8MxHwOSYg

— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) November 4, 2018

if Abrams wins a narrow victory i will not be shocked when Kemp refuses to concede and accuses her of stealing the election with fraud

— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) November 4, 2018

update 11/5/18:

Kemp really might be the worst villain of the cycle. Pathetic. https://t.co/QifwIF0TuC

— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) November 4, 2018

You'd think if someone was able to "steal" an election in Georgia that would be an indict of the Secretary of State, not a reason to promote him https://t.co/kMg5eBNMKG

— Astead (@AsteadWesley) November 5, 2018

Brian Kemp's last-minute investigation into Georgia Democrats is part of a disturbing pattern https://t.co/gnQO9CS152 pic.twitter.com/9xWB0xfkVR

— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) November 5, 2018

Final pre-election congressional poll

JUST IN: Democratic House candidates lead Republicans 52-44% among likely voters in the final @ABC News/Washington Post pre-election poll.

The Democrats’ lead has narrowed from 14 percentage points in August to eight points now. https://t.co/FuONyK9oKq

— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) November 4, 2018