Trump Rallies in Kansas and Other Red States as Republicans Worry About Midterm Turnout
Photo: The New York TimesPresident Donald Trump is holding rallies in Republican-leaning states, including Kansas and South Carolina, as the midterm elections near, amid concern within the Republican Party about voter enthusiasm. One stop was in Topeka, Kansas, where farmers are in the middle of harvest while dealing with higher diesel prices and other rising costs. Those costs are feeding worries about whether Republican voters will turn out. Kansas and South Carolina were not seen as competitive just a few months ago, and the president's swing is taking him to such states.
Right-leaning outlets had not reported this story at the time of writing, while left-leaning and alternative/independent outlets had. The alternative/independent report, from AP, centers on the Topeka rally and ties turnout worries to farm costs, using a fifth-generation Kansas farmer to describe harvest season. The left-leaning New York Times takes a wider view of the multistate swing and stresses that the states visited were not considered competitive until recently. Both link the travel to Republican concerns about enthusiasm.
How the sides differ Alternative sources focus on Kansas farm costs and a farmer's view; left sources stress a wider multistate swing; right sources have not covered it.
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The New York Times leads with the president's swing through red states such as South Carolina and Kansas, stressing that they were not seen as competitive months ago and that Republicans fear weak enthusiasm.
AP leads with the Kansas rally and links rising farm costs, including diesel prices, to Republican turnout worries, opening with a fifth-generation Kansas farmer describing harvest season.
Not covering this story. None of the right-leaning outlets Crosswire tracks has reported it yet. What one side leaves out can be as telling as what the others report.