i m wolf blitzer in washington along with kaitlan collins. this is america s choice, election day in america your headquarters for all the crucial issues driving voters to the polls. key races are in mississippi, kentucky and ohio. the first polls close in hours from now. these races can help us get a sense of where the voters are. we ll see in abortion rights will continue to be the driving force so clearly in last year s election after the supreme court overturned roe versus wade. in ohio tonight, voters are deciding to enshrine the right to one in the state s constitution. and governors contests in kentucky and mississippi, along with control over the government of virginia, where all 140 seats in both the house and the senate there are up for grabs. . we have live team coverage of it all. jessica dean is in richmond, virginia. kyung lah, you re no franklin county, ohio. what have voters been saying as they cast their ballots today. reporter: what you re he
Polling for 224 assembly seats of Karnataka concluded on May 10. Soon after voting, pollsters released their exit poll numbers for Karnataka. Most exit polls have predicted a hung assembly but a clear edge for the Congress. However, India Today-AxisMyIndia has predicted a comfortable majority for Congress. As per AxisMyIndia polls, Congress is likely to win 122-140 seats while the BJP may settle with 62-80 seats. JD(S) is projected to win 20-25 seats.
watching all of this unfold. as benjamin netanyahu going to be celebrating at the moment? t benjamin netanyahu going to be celebrating at the moment? i think what ou celebrating at the moment? i think what you said celebrating at the moment? i think what you said is celebrating at the moment? i think what you said is right, celebrating at the moment? i think what you said is right, there i celebrating at the moment? i think what you said is right, there is i what you said is right, there is going what you said is right, there is going to what you said is right, there is going to be in an abundance of caution going to be in an abundance of caution. netanyahu, when he does celebrates caution. netanyahu, when he does celebrates him he doesn t show up until well celebrates him he doesn t show up until well after midnight when the exit polls until well after midnight when the exit polls are updated and you have a more exit polls are updated and you have a more solid idea of
some interference here with our signal there with karen so, but let me just reiterate what she said. we are talking about the french president emmanuel macron, having now been reelected to a second term there, five years for the president of france. notably what karen was showing where the exit poll numbers. by my calculation, he won with about a 17-point edge. which was far greater than it was anticipated going into today s final polls. charlotte, let s turn to you and talk about any reaction yet from the le pen campaign for this. do you think that this is quite a blow, given the 17 point differential. if, as karen said, the exit polls can be reliable? well look. on papal, for sure it is great. it has been 20 years in france with the french president, as an incumbent, has not managed to get reelected. and the result is better with
electorate. 43% approve. 56% disapprove. that s our first look at the exit poll numbers. there is going to be more data that comes in so we ll see if that s adjusted at all. but 43/56. looks very similar to that nbc poll we had nationally the other day of biden s approval rating. that s one, i think, headline from this exit poll right now. the other, though, is what has terry mcauliffe, the democrat s, strategy been to try to overcome potentially the baggage here from joe biden, if he has a negative approval rating. terry mcauliffe has been trying to link his republican opponent glenn youngkin to donald trump. trump, who lost virginia by ten points last year, trump who youngkin, i should say, has tried to in this general election publicly try to keep his distance from him. hot is the electorate s opinion of donald trump coming into tonight. it s a favorable/unfavorable number. the favorable number for trump with this electorate is 41%.