Us Midterm Polls News Today

As younger and more electable Republican challengers emerge, deep-pocketed donors ditch, Ivanka steps aside, Capitol sword hangs, and Twitter-Facebook ban continues, is it the end of Donald Trump?

The final call from the Associated Press came after more than a week of ballot counting, with Republicans securing the 218th seat required to gain control of the House.

A Republican loss in Georgia could further dampen Trump’s popularity as advisers say he considers announcing this week a third run for the presidency in 2024.

The Democrats need to win just one more seat to retain majority control - with Nevada and Georgia the two states outstanding paving the way for Joe Biden to spend two more years filling the federal courts with his nominees and staffing his administration largely the way he sees fit.

US midterm polls: Republicans will hold 49 seats in the 100-member Senate, giving the Democrats 50 seats. Meanwhile, Georgia will undergo a run-off election on December 6 after no candidate was able to secure an outright majority.

Republicans had been heavily favoured to take control of the House of Representatives. But the Democrats have shown resilience to beat a “red wave”.

As the USA waits for the US midterm polls, President Joe Biden on Wednesday said Elon Musk’s cooperation with other countries worthy of being looked at

Biden on US midterm elections: US President Joe Biden claimed that despite the prospect of a divided administration in the nations capital, Democrats had a strong night and he had no plans to change his strategy.

The Senate contests in Nevada and Arizona, where Democratic incumbents were seeking to hold off Republican challengers, were as yet undecided, with thousands of uncounted ballots that could take days to tally.

In the outgoing Congress, the Democrats had a clear majority in the House of Representatives and a wafer-thin majority in the Senate. Both were feared to be in jeopardy in this election.