Inside the decision team the country relies on for election results

President Trump chose Washington, D.C. for his final in-person remarks before Election Day, with the newly renovated Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool as his backdrop.

He began not with a last-minute campaign pitch, but a 20-minute celebration of the pool's reopening and D.C.'s makeover.

This project should be a project that unites all Americans.

It should be something we're very proud of.

We're proud of it.

We had to go through a long process to get it done.

Trump spoke at length about fixing the reflecting pool's pipes, clearing the algae, and cleaning up graffiti.

He did eventually turn to the election, describing it as the most important midterm in our lifetime.

But he also appeared to concede that it could be a difficult night for his party.

Usually whoever the... sitting president is Republican or Democrat, good or bad.

Good president, great president, bad.

For some reason, the sitting president doesn't win the midterms, but we gave this a very strong shot.

It's not the first time he's acknowledged Democrats' advantage.

And if it does go their way tonight, it will reshape Trump's remaining two years in office, with plenty of questions about how he might approach that final stretch.

He signaled that he'll continue to exert a lot of executive authority, noting that he could become, quote, Mr. Vito.

Over the past 32 days, Trump has covered a lot of ground in an effort to save his party from defeat, holding 30 events around the country.

Katherine Doyle is a White House reporter for The Washington Post.

She watched Trump closely as she followed him to recent rallies in Florida, Iowa, and Kansas.

Through all three stops, he appeared to be getting more and more wistful for these days of the rallies that are probably going to come to an end.

Doyle notes the tone of his rallies have changed.

He's begun reminiscing more about campaigns gone by, like this moment in Kansas over the weekend.

This is our last stop.

We close it down tonight.

But we've had a great time.

The people, the love in this country is unbelievable.

President Trump chose Washington, D.C. for his final in-person remarks before Election Day, with the newly renovated Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool as his backdrop.

He began not with a last-minute campaign pitch, but a 20-minute celebration of the pool's reopening and D.C.'s makeover.

This project should be a project that unites all Americans.

It should be something we're very proud of.

We're proud of it.

We had to go through a long process to get it done.

Trump spoke at length about fixing the reflecting pool's pipes, clearing the algae, and cleaning up graffiti.

He did eventually turn to the election, describing it as the most important midterm in our lifetime.

But he also appeared to concede that it could be a difficult night for his party.

Usually whoever the... sitting president is Republican or Democrat, good or bad.

Good president, great president, bad.

For some reason, the sitting president doesn't win the midterms, but we gave this a very strong shot.

It's not the first time he's acknowledged Democrats' advantage.

And if it does go their way tonight, it will reshape Trump's remaining two years in office, with plenty of questions about how he might approach that final stretch.

He signaled that he'll continue to exert a lot of executive authority, noting that he could become, quote, Mr. Vito.

Over the past 32 days, Trump has covered a lot of ground in an effort to save his party from defeat, holding 30 events around the country.

Katherine Doyle is a White House reporter for The Washington Post.

She watched Trump closely as she followed him to recent rallies in Florida, Iowa, and Kansas.

Through all three stops, he appeared to be getting more and more wistful for these days of the rallies that are probably going to come to an end.

Doyle notes the tone of his rallies have changed.

He's begun reminiscing more about campaigns gone by, like this moment in Kansas over the weekend.

This is our last stop.

We close it down tonight.

But we've had a great time.

The people, the love in this country is unbelievable.