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President Donald Trump vowed that Republicans will overcome their disadvantage in the polls now that he is on the campaign trail on Saturday night.
Trump held a rally in Dayton, Ohio, on Saturday and told a cheering crowd that the polls hadn’t accounted for him campaigning personally.
“On election night, Ohio is going to prove that America does not belong to those who hate it. America belongs to those who love it,” Trump said.
TRUMP TOUTS ‘GOLDEN AGE’ AT OHIO RALLY, URGES VOTERS TO DELIVER GOP MIDTERM WINS
MOBILE, ALABAMA – OCTOBER 02: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in the Mitchell Center at the University of South Alabama on October 02, 2026 in Mobile, Alabama. The rally is being held in Alabama’s 1st Congressional District which was redrawn when the state redistricted earlier this year. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) ( )
“These fake polls, they don’t account for one thing. They don’t account for the fact that Trump is out campaigning. They never thought this was good. They never thought this was going to happen,” he added.
A recent Fox News Poll found Democrats have a wider path to victory than Republicans in the House of Representatives. Democrats are projected to win 215 seats compared to 201 for the GOP, meaning the left only needs three more victories out of the 19 possible toss-up races to clinch a majority. Republicans would need to win at least 17 of those races.
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President Donald Trump takes the stage at the Butler-Vandalia Student Activity Center during a campaign rally on Oct. 3, 2026, in Vandalia, Ohio. Trump is traveling across the U.S. in the final weeks before the midterm elections to campaign for Republican candidates. (Getty Images)
“With you at my side, we have always prevailed and prevailed by a lot and got record setting votes and record setting victory,” Trump said. “We’ve won every battle. We’ve defeated every hope. We’ve overcome every threat. And now we are on the cusp of beating the communists, socialist, radicalized lunatics and villains once and for all. We’re going to put them down once and for all.”
A new memo being sent to Republicans across the country, first obtained by Fox News Digital, revealed four key topics that the House GOP is focusing on in the final four weeks before Election Day: the border, fraudulent use of taxpayer dollars, the economy and public safety.
Republicans are also seeing political opportunity in the far-left insurgency that’s gripped the Democratic Party during its primary cycle, warning that socialists are pushing the party further left than the majority of Americans.
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Republicans will be defending their razor-thin House majority in the 2026 midterm elections (Paul Steinhauser/Fox News)
The economy, including high grocery and gas prices, has become a central issue in the 2026 election cycle.
Democrats have seized on Americans’ struggle with cost-of-living as a political cudgel against Republicans, particularly using Trump’s tariffs on allies like Canada and his war in Iran as arguments against the GOP.
Fox News’ Elizabeth Elkind contributed to this report.
