[Anchor]

The midterm elections, which will determine the balance of power in the U.S. Congress, begin this evening, Korea time. The day before the election, President Trump launched an all-out effort, conducting about a dozen phone campaigns instead of visiting local regions.

Our first report comes from reporter Kim Young-a.

[Reporter]

With just one day left until the midterm elections, U.S. President Donald Trump stood at a podium in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Highlighting the economic and border policy achievements of the current administration, President Trump appealed for votes for Republican candidates.

[Donald Trump / U.S. President: When you vote, remember this. We must not let a party that hates America rule over the people who built our nation.]

Staying in Washington instead of traveling to local areas, President Trump carried out about a dozen phone campaigns in a single day to support candidates in battleground regions.

In a phone interview with Fox News, he also emphasized the justification for the war with Iran, claiming that the costs incurred were mere pocket change.

This appears to be an intention to calm public sentiment angered by soaring oil prices caused by the war.

In a poll released by Reuters a day before the election, President Trump's approval rating stood at just 32 percent.

This marks the lowest level across his first and second terms combined.

As midterm elections strongly carry the character of an interim assessment of the administration, analysts suggest that a stronger-than-ever anti-Trump sentiment could hold back the Republican Party.

The Democratic Party has gone all out in campaigning to recapture both the House and the Senate.

Democratic leadership repeatedly urged moderate and young voters to participate in the voting, stating that this election is an opportunity to check the administration's power and restore a democratic balance.

With tens of millions of voters having already cast their ballots through mail-in and early in-person voting, whether the congressional power will be reshaped is expected to depend on voter turnout in razor-thin Senate and House battlegrounds such as Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Georgia.

[Video Editing: Kim Jong-mi]