Americans are heading to the polls to vote on which senators, representatives and governors will be elected 🗳 But what are the US midterm elections and how do they work? 👇🇺🇸 Follow live updates:
Updates by Mark Stone in Pennsylvania, Martha Kelner in Florida, Joe Pike in Arizona, James Matthews and Dominic Waghorn in Washington DC. Live reporting by Emily MeeUS politics can be a little confusing at times. If you're not sure what the midterm elections mean and how voting is carried out, read more here. All 435 seats in America's House of Representatives are up for grabs, as here politicians only serve two-year terms.
The Republicans will likely open a series of investigations into the Democrats, on everything from the withdrawal from Afghanistan to the origins of COVID-19.This would give Mr Biden a boost as he contemplates whether to run for reelection in 2024. The Republicans need a net gain of just five seats. A number of representatives are retiring this year, which gives the Republicans an advantage.
The Trump factor is also at play. He is no normal politician and that plays both ways. Some love that, others loathe it. Again, it could buck the trend.A polling station in Louisiana was moved from one school to another after a bomb threat, according to John Tobler, the deputy secretary of communications and outreach at the Louisiana Department of State.
As well as long queues, there have been problems with the tabulators in electronic voting machines in around 20% of polling stations. Maricopa County recorder Stephen Richer added:"While this is obviously not how the system is designed, this is a fail-safe that functions the exact same way as early voting, which as you know we have been going through the past 26 days.
Mr Trump has been at the forefront of the Republicans' midterms campaign, and a victory for them would be seen as a win for Trumpism - making a comeback for the former president ever more likely. Why Democrats could feel more optimistic - regardless of the outcome Many Republicans could be"obstructionist", she says, but they also have three reasons to be pragmatic. The Republicans have warmed up to a more industrial policy and they can see building the clean energy economy makes the US more competitive with China.The powerful tax incentives introduced by the Inflation Reduction Act go largely to red states, and this has proved largely popular.
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