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buckle up, we are heading into the final hours of voting and the first results in one of the most consequential midterm elections ever. >> its the high stakes race to a fever pitch campaign. >> are you ready to win this election? >> i love to win. >> voters, making big choices in a nation on edge. >> with high prices. >> crime is rising. >> the womans right to choose. >> whats happening across the u.s. could shake up the balance of power in congress and shape the next race for the whit...

For the first time since 1934, that was fdrs first midterm. since 1934 that the party in power did not actually lose any state legislators. and joe biden may just actually do something that people havent done before in this situation, pick up a governor or two. i mean, there are so many presidents -- >> incredible. >> -- that have fallen. and really, its interesting too. you have people going, well, how could the media have gotten this so wrong. well, you know, a lot of times, we kept talking ab...

Democrats have now won 202 seats to the republicans 211 seats. 22 house seats still left to call. remember, 218 seats, thats the majority. thats the magic number right now. lets go over to john king, taking a closer look at where things stand in the house of representatives. tell our viewers, john, where we are right now. >> youre trying to find out why republicans are nervous, there are your numbers right there. 211 house republicans right now. 202 house democrats. 202 house democrats. if you l...

Change the way we run elections. it could change the way we respect the outcomes of elections. thats all very real. the question is that in the mind of a voter going to the booth or 8% inflation and gas and groceries and all the things we talk about this morning. mika laid out well the splits in the house and senate. republicans only need to pick up five in the house to control the house, only need to pick up one in the senate. historically for a little bit of perspective, since 1934, fdrs first...

Redistricting, which gets you to the 2020 map. focus on this to begin with. the current house, the prior map. the district lines have been changed quite a bit. thats the map you need to remember. republicans essentially need a net gain of only five. the historical average is 30, if you go back to ronald reagans days. presidents first midterm election, 37 if you start the clock at bill clinton. so youre looking at this map across the country. you mentioned those competitive races. first, lets bri...

Ballots in the high-stakes midterm elections taking place just a day from now. all 435 house seats, 35 of the senate seats, and 36 governors offices are all up for grabs. control of congress at stake, of course. and so is president joe bidens agenda. cnns john king and dana bash take a closer look at what to expect on tuesday. >> lets start in the house. >> 435 races in all under new lines because of the census two years ago, the redistricting process. as you know better than anybody, theyre not...

Elections, 82 competitive seats heading into election day. as you can see, they are coast to coast. another way to look at it, look at this just to understand, democrats are on defense. its a democratic presidents first midterm. its a tough climate. look at the key of the seats. 57 have democratic incumbents, almost three times as many republicans. there are three new seats here, too. democrats are on their heels defending much more territory in a tough year. thats one way to look at it. now let...

Country are not going well is that automatically hurt democrats? i would push back on that i dont feel good about the way things are in the country not because of the way that of whats happening in congress and what democrats have been able to do with the president but because of misinformation and division and negative campaigning from the other side and lies and the fact that people are, you know, trying to promote chaos and doubt the election results. those kinds of things i think are causing...

Im going try. >> im glad were focusing on these races. these are the three democratic candidates who helped democrats take back the house post 2018 -- >> all wanted the blue wave. they understand the presidents first midterm. >> absolutely. it also underscores the importance of -- in most elections, in this one, too, suburban voters in some of these key districts and what these republicans obviously are trying to do is paint these democrats as outside those more moderate educated voters who are ...

Term and won 63 seats in the house. breakable most recent term, its not where it was for democrats four years ago, when democrats had that blue wave, took back the house and trumps first midterm. but that 3.1 lead, its pretty comparable to where things were at this point in 2020 -- that was barack obamas second term as president, know its a late building, late forming wave. it took a lot of people by surprise, really up until election day, but republicans took back the senate in 2014, and they g...