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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera

Democrats and Republicans make last-minute pitches on polls’ eve

President Joe Biden, whose popularity has dropped sharply, has campaigned in places where Democrats are expected to win [Susan Walsh/AP Photo]

Coast to coast, candidates and big-name backers have made their final appeals to voters in the last hours of campaigning for the midterm elections in the United States, with Republicans excited about the prospect of winning back Congress and President Joe Biden insisting his party could spring a surprise.

Democrats argue victories for the Republicans could profoundly and adversely reshape the country, eliminating abortion rights nationwide and unleashing broad threats to the very future of democracy in the US. Republicans say the public is tired of Biden’s policies amid rising prices and concerns about crime.

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