# Two rallies highlight the stark choice facing US midterm voters

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- CNN, 2026-08-17 05:09 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/17/politics/trump-ossoff-midterm-elections?Date=20260817&Profile=CNN

> Stephen Collinson writes that two rallies held nearly 1,000 miles and two days apart exposed the increasingly stark choice confronting voters in the midterm elections, along with an impending reckoning over the nation’s future direction.