Democrats, House of Representatives favorites

While we expected a record turnout in the first Trump election, the Democrats seem to be the favorites to prevent Republicans from losing control of the House of Representatives to the states. -United.

"It could happen, we're doing well in the Senate, but it could happen," said President Donald Trump for the first time about the Democrats' triumph in the House of Representatives.

"We need you to vote for a Republican lower house and a Republican Senate so we can continue this incredible movement that the world has never seen," Trump said at the end of a rally in Belgrade, Montana.

The elections call for the 435 seats in the lower house, 35 of the 100 seats in the Senate, 36 governorates, hundreds of seats elected by state legislatures, as well as more than 100 local referendums on legalization. drugs, taxes and other themes

In the Senate, most experts agree that Republicans will not only retain their majority, but could extend it to 52-48, marking a return to a phase of division of legislation.

According to estimates, for the 36 legal positions in office, Democrats would win between 5 and 10 entities.

In the House, the Democrats they need a net gain of 23 seats to replace the Republicans, who have controlled this body since 2010. Although the Senate has only two seats, the odds are lower..

Preliminary figures for early voting suggest an unprecedented level of voter turnout for an intermediate poll. More than 28 million advance votes have been registered, which exceeds the total votes of the 2014 elections.

For the elections of November 6, the National Association of Latin American Elected Representatives (NALEO) expects 7.8 million votes in Latin America, an increase of 15% over 2014 and 6.9% of this year's total votes. According to NALEO, Latinos could play a "decisive role" in the most competitive political races in the country, including eight elections for governor and 15 elections in the lower house, in which the proportion of Latinos enrolled is greater than the difference between the candidates.

Twitter disables accounts of forbearance promoters

In recent weeks, Twitter has turned off thousands of accounts that automatically published messages urging Americans not to vote in next Tuesday's legislative elections in the United States.

A spokesman for Twitter has confirmed this measure adopted in September and October by the social network, which would have touched more than 10,000 accounts commonly called "bots" for tweets that they publish regularly."We eliminated a series of accounts for attempting to automatically propagate erroneous information, which is a violation of our policies, we stopped it quickly and by the roots."he assured.

The accounts contained features or messages in their profiles that falsely linked them to the Democratic Party, which was detected by the Democratic Committee on Democratic Campaigns (DCCC) and asked Twitter to act, according to CNN.

According to sources familiar with the matter, the campaign to promote abstention on the part of Democrats was launched in the United States. Twitter does not suspect any foreign interference.

The internet giants have redoubled their efforts in recent months to prevent legislative elections from reusing their platforms to promote false news or to implement coordinated efforts of electoral interference, as was the case in the past. case in the 2016 presidential election.

Propose a constituent assembly

Whatever the fate reserved for Republicans before Tuesday's election, some conservatives are using it to cement changes, but in the Constitution. They propose a constituent assembly of states, something unpublished. They say that this is the only way to deal with the unfitness and drift of the federal government.