What are U.S. midterm elections?
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Americans are voting in midterm elections that will decide who controls the US House of Representatives and the Senate, both now held by Republicans, according to the Guardian.
All 435 House seats are up, along with 35 of the 100 Senate seats, according to The Hindu.
Governors are being chosen in 36 states, and voters are also picking state legislators and sheriffs and deciding ballot initiatives.
The party in the White House usually loses congressional seats in a midterm, and Democrats hope Donald Trump's falling popularity will carry them to a win in both chambers.
Opinion surveys suggest Democrats are well placed to win the House but face a harder fight for the Senate, since most contested seats lie in states that voted for Trump two years ago.
Voting has gone mostly smoothly, though a ballot shortage briefly disrupted one Kansas county and flooding forced some polling sites to move in south Florida, local media reported.
“There has to be a better way for everyday people to live their lives out here.”
Guardian · translated
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- 2026-10-31 01:41 UTCThe Hindu · thehindu.com ↗
- 2026-11-02 06:28 UTCAl Jazeera · aljazeera.com ↗
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- 2026-11-03 05:35 UTCCopenhagen Post · cphpost.dk ↗
- 2026-11-03 05:56 UTCPremium Times · premiumtimesng.com ↗
- 2026-11-03 07:00 UTCGuardian · theguardian.com ↗
- 2026-11-03 07:03 UTCJapan Times · japantimes.co.jp ↗
- 2026-11-04 06:30 UTCTo Vima · tovima.com ↗
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