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One day more! CNN's Political Director on what's changed and what hasn't after months of midterm campaigning
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David Chalian joins the Inside Politics panel one last time before the Election Day polls open for the 2026 midterms. He shares what has changed and what hasn't after months of campaigning and billions of dollars spent. "Despite all the ups and downs and all the individual races and all the different polls, fundamentally this is a midterm election that is going to be a referendum on Donald Trump," Chalian says. "The thing that still remains out there is the battlefield is on such deep Republican turf. Is the political DNA of the map sufficient enough to withstand what could be a blue wave?

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