Why the US midterms matter for Trump and the Democrats, explained in charts

Midterm elections on November 3 will decide all 435 House seats and 35 Senate seats, per Times of India's explainer. Coverage also includes Obama's Ohio rally attacking Trump and a Democratic lawsuit over voter roll purges.

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1. 25 Oct, 07:20 UTCFirst appeared on Google Trends
2. 25 Oct, 07:20 UTCPicked up on News
3. 25 Oct, 08:30 UTCReached #1 on TrendHeat

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• barack obamaGoogle Trends
• Obama slams Trump’s ‘cruelty and corruption’ as he rallies DemocratsAl Jazeera
• ‘Chaos, cruelty and corruption’: Obama unleashes on TrumpThe Daily Telegraph