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Midterm elections shape congressional control
First reported Oct 24, 5:00 AM ET · Latest Nov 3, 3:52 PM ET · Explainer updated Nov 3, 4:31 PM ET
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Where things stand
Americans are voting today in the midterm elections, with control of the House and Senate at stake as Republicans and Democrats focus on battleground races in key states, CBS News reports.
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- Reported Americans are voting in today's elections. Is this wrong?
Source
- “Here's what Americans are voting on in today's elections.” — CBS News
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Timeline
What changed: The elections are being framed around five major voting issues that could affect fuel prices, taxes and other financial matters, according to MarketWatch.
How this story developed
- New Americans are voting in today's elections.
Every report, newest first
- Here's what Americans are voting on in today's elections — CBS News
Control of the House and Senate are at stake as Republicans and Democrats focus on battleground races in key states.
- The 5 big voting issues in the midterm elections that will impact your wallet — MarketWatch
America won’t be picking a president Nov. 3, but this is how the voting results could affect fuel prices, taxes and more.
- This decade has been missing its big-impact midterm — NPR
Every other decade over the past hundred years has produced at least one midterm that made a big difference in Congress and in national politics more broadly.
Questions
- How the outcomes in the identified battleground states will translate into shifts in specific policy areas such as fuel pricing and taxation remains unclear. Open
- It remains unclear which of the five highlighted issues will translate into actual policy changes and how large the resulting financial effects will be for voters. Open
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Midterm elections occur halfway through a president’s four‑year term and historically have produced at least one “big‑impact” cycle that reshapes Congress and national politics, as noted by NPR.
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