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ABC's morning roundup pairs a dispute over candidate confusion with Michigan campaign attacks, drawing more than 200,000 views in its early hours.
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Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 257,510 views a day, 14 times a normal first day on this channel (19,015).
Good Morning America: News to start your day | October 26
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- 0:13Michigan campaign coverage includes Trump's attacks on El-Sayed and El-Sayed's response about his love of country.
- 2:42DOJ challenges election procedures in Alaska and California; Blanche cites candidate confusion, while Schiff objects to federal intervention.
- 5:42Coastal flooding threatens the Southeast as flash-flood conditions affect the Southwest.
- 7:13Victor Oquendo reports updates on the mass shooting near Florida A&M University's homecoming festivities.
- 10:14Matt Rivers reports U.S. intelligence warnings about Iranian plots targeting American personnel abroad.
- 11:21CDC data shows a major resurgence of measles cases across multiple states.
"It's not the federal government's business to run Alaskan elections," Adam Schiff says in Good Morning America's October 26 news roundup. The California senator's objection follows a different argument from Attorney General Todd Blanche: candidates should not face another name on the ballot whose purpose, he says, is to confuse voters.
Pierre Thomas's report places Justice Department challenges to election procedures in Alaska and California alongside the campaign speeches. With the midterms approaching, the segment turns from what politicians are telling voters to disputes over the rules governing their choices.
The broadcast opens in Michigan, where Jay O'Brien reports on appearances by Donald Trump and Barack Obama. Responding to Trump's attacks, Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed says, "They're trying to get you to question my love of this country."
The roundup reached about 217,000 views in 16 hours, well beyond ABC News's usual first-day audience for regular videos. It was not the channel's only election upload drawing an unusually fast audience: a separate Short on Texas early voting also moved well above its normal start.
GMA then widens its focus. Ginger Zee covers Southeast coastal flooding and Southwest flash-flood conditions, while later reports address unrest in France and warnings about Iranian plots targeting American personnel abroad.
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- Channel
- ABC News
- Subscribers
- 19,900,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 54,367,406
- Channel views, pace per day
- 5,979,947 (on a normal day: 7,860,677)
- Video published
- October 26, 2026
- Video views so far
- 216,553 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 257,510
The numbers
The GMA roundup drew an unusually large early audience for an ABC News regular video. Separate uploads on Texas voting and Southwest flooding also had strong starts.
