that campaigns for equal representation in american politics. hello welcome to the programme. so here we are, election day 2022. post pandemic, postjanuary 6, the first real test of american democracy since that bitterly disputed election two years ago. the polls on the east coast start closing in two hours time. i hope you willjoin katty and i for our special programme through the night as we try and make sense of it all. these mid terms don t always attract the same attention as a presidential election, but early voting broke all records and it does feel more important. there are election deniers on the ballot, candidates refusing to say whether they will accept the results. this will set the stage for 202a. and if democrats lose control of the house or the senate tonight, joe bidens agenda will stall. in the end it will come down to turnout, it always does, and last night the two sides made their last appeal. today we face an inflection point, one of those moments that co
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hello, i m christian fraser. you re watching the context on bbc news live from washington. its election night in america. 16 billion dollars invested in a vote that will shape the final two years ofjoe bidens time in office. at stake, control of the house, the senate, they will vote for governors and legislators across the country. democracy itself is on the ballot. tonight from washington, we will bring results as they come in, from east coast to west coast; a verdict that will have a huge bearing on 202a. tonight with the context, the bbcs katty katy, the republican strategist and former rnc communications director doug heye amd stefanie brown james co founder of the collective pac,