US Elections 2010: Candidates make last push for votes
Baku, November 1 (AZERTAC). Candidates are making their final push for votes on the last day of campaigning for Tuesday`s US Congressional mid-term elections.
President Barack Obama`s Democratic party is expected to lose its majority in the House of Representatives and is struggling to keep the Senate.
Mr Obama has retreated from the campaign trail and was to spend the day at the White House in meetings.
Republicans hope to capitalise on voters` discontent with the economy.
Up for election on Tuesday are all 435 House seats, 37 of the 100 seats in the Senate, governorships of 37 of the 50 states and all but four state legislatures.
The Republican Party needs to gain 39 House seats to win control of the lower chamber of Congress - an amount opinion polls suggest they will easily win - and 10 to take over the Senate.
Democrats are hoping to hold on to the Senate by at least one or two seats.
In addition, voters will decide on ballot measures ranging from marijuana legalisation in California to a referendum in Oklahoma to forbid judges from using Islamic Sharia law in rulings.
Economic blame
Wrapping up a final blizzard of rallies and speeches, Mr Obama on Sunday campaigned in the key battleground state of Ohio.
Speaking in Cleveland, he repeated the theme from his 2008 presidential campaign.
"In two days, you have a chance to once again say: `Yes, we can`."
He urged his supporters to get the vote out and sought to place the blame for the country`s economic woes on the policies of his predecessor, Republican President George W Bush.
The rally was short of capacity, a contrast to the 2008 election when across the country people were turned away from Mr Obama`s appearances.
The Democrats face losing up to six House seats, one Senate race and the governorship in Ohio.
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