Democrats against majority in the House of Representatives

The first seats in the United States, Indiana and Kentucky were closed at midnight, Norwegian time. At 1 pm, election hall in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia and Vermont. At 1:30 am, locals are close to North Carolina, Ohio, and West Virginia.

A preliminary count in the ten states where polling stations were closed suggests that the Democrats won a seat and are ready to win an additional 14 seats in the Republican House of Representatives. At the national level, Democrats must obtain 23 seats of Republicans to obtain the majority. This means that Democrats are on the right track to win a majority in the House of Representatives.

However, in a poll on the election of CNN voters in Indiana, a majority of voters in the state believe that President Trump does an approved job, which is the only thing he can do. we call the "approval rate", with 52 to 48%. This is good news for the President and the Republicans who are hoping to deprive Democrats of a Senate seat in Indiana, the state of origin of Vice President Mike Pence. . Trump also visited Indiane four times during the election campaign.

To win the Senate majority, Democrats must win two seats and retain the seats they already have.

Near Florida

Florida is generally very smooth. After about a third of the votes, Democrats have a small leadership among Republicans in Senate elections.

With regard to the elections to the House of Representatives, the preliminary figures for Florida are mixed, with a slight advantage for the Democrats.

Democrats can also get the first black governor in Florida, Andrew Gillum, who has preliminary leadership.

Negative despite a good economy

A CNN survey shows that 56% of US voters are not satisfied with President Trump and think the US is on the wrong track.

The measure is based on polls among the voters who just voted, called "exit polls".

44% of respondents believe that Trump does a bad job, while 41% think that the United States is heading in the right direction. This despite the fact that a large majority, 68%, said that the US economy was good.

Among the respondents, a large majority, 41%, say that health is the most important person in elections. This can mean that the Democrats have achieved the goal by making the most of their health.

This can also be bad news for Trump and the Republicans who have been heavily involved in immigration, a topic that comes back to the list with 23%. A minority say they support Trump's policy on a stricter immigration policy.

39% of voters said their voice was a voice against Trump, while only 26% said their voice was Trump's. 33% say that Trump was not a factor.

Options with reservation

In many places, the choice was characterized by problems and irregularities, a power failure and problems of old election machines and long queues. The bad weather in many places in the southern states and the east coast also created problems and probably caused many people not to meet in polling stations.

But across the country, we have a very large number of voters. In line with the preamble which was also record.

Bernie Sanders re-elected

Democrat Bernie Sanders of Vermont was re-elected to the Senate with a net margin. Sanders is one of the most recent candidates in the 2020 presidential elections.

Democrat Tim Kaine of Virginia was also re-elected to the Senate. Kaine was Hillary Clinton's vice-presidential candidate in 2016.

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