America chooses. In the midterm elections, control of Congress is at stake, currently in Republican hands: all 435 seats in the House, over a third of the 100 in the Senate and 36 governors are up for grabs. But for many it is a referendum on Trump. 'These are the most important midterms in history, we will not allow them to take away the golden age: let's stop jihadists and communists,' said the tycoon at his last rally in Washington. Democrats ahead in all polls, but the tycoon doesn't give up. The US Supreme Court has rejected the Trump administration's request to force California to set aside 20,000 mail-in ballots on the grounds that they may have been delivered to people who were not American citizens.
'I ask you to support Abdul El-Sayed. He is a doctor and is aware that healthcare is a human right.' Barack Obama stated this in a pre-recorded telephone message in favor of the Democratic candidate for the Senate in Michigan, according to CNN. The message marks the final push for El-Sayed, whose eventual victory could be crucial to deciding who will have the majority in the Senate.
Elon Musk urges Americans to vote for the Republican Party on midterm election day in the United States. 'Vote red today!', wrote the billionaire on his X profile, referring to the color traditionally associated with Republicans.
Americans are called to the polls today, November 3, for the mid-term elections, an electoral event that will reshape the political balance in Washington. Up for grabs are 435 seats in the House of Representatives and 35 of the 100 seats in the Senate, which is partially renewed every two years. To win a majority in the House you need 218 seats, while in the Senate you need 51. Currently both houses of Congress are controlled by Republicans.
New York voters are also called to express their opinion today on five proposals from Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Four concern a streamlining of bureaucratic procedures in the construction field, which would make it easier to create new housing. The fifth concerns the drafting of a plan to increase the resources of the so-called 'Rainy Day Fund', created to deal with emergencies or sudden drops in tax revenue.
Polling stations continue to open in the United States for the midterm elections. Voting operations have also begun in Arizona, Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming, as well as in the areas of Kansas that use the Central Time zone and in the areas of South Dakota and Texas that follow the Rocky Mountains time zone.
The midterm elections in the United States could mark a historic turning point for women's representation in American politics. From Georgia to Ohio, passing through Minnesota and Tennessee, several candidates aim to become the first women elected to lead their respective states.
The US Department of Justice has announced the deployment of approximately one thousand federal election observers in 126 counties across the 50 states for the mid-term elections. According to the ministry, this is the 'largest monitoring operation in its history'.
Election officials and local police forces fear possible tension at the polls, even actions by 'vigilantes' incited by Donald Trump's accusations of irregularities in electoral procedures and enticed by the promise of a million-dollar reward for complaints leading to a conviction of electoral fraud.
