Republicans are holding a first-of-its-kind 'Republican Midterm Convention' on Wednesday and Thursday at the American Airlines Center in Dallas — large party conventions of this sort are normally reserved for presidential elections, and the format is a Republican first — to mobilise Trump supporters for the 3 November midterms with an unpopular president: a Reuters/Ipsos poll puts Donald Trump's approval at 33 percent, and nearly half of Democratic supporters say they are especially enthusiastic about voting (Deutsche Welle, 9 Sep). src