All polling stations in the intermediate elections to the US Congress closed, employees of the election commissions are counting votes, the American media reports.
The last areas located in the state of Alaska.
The forecast of the NBC News television channel shows that the Republicans and Democrats still have 47 places in a 100-seater Senate. At the same time, the Democratic Party of the United States for the majority in this chamber will need 50 seats, and the republican-51, since in the absence of a majority of both parties, the decisive voice has a vice-president-democrat of Kamal Harris.
In the House of Republicans, Republicans still receive 192 places, Democrats – 168. In order to control the lower house of the Congress, you need to secure at least 218 seats.
more than 45 million people voted ahead of schedule – personally or by mail. In many states, along with the elections, referendums are held on a variety of issues, including abortions, sports rates and marijuana, the voice of America writes.
In Maryland, voters decided to legalize cannabis, but in some other states such initiatives seem to be defeated.
The results of voting in two states can already be recognized as historical. Maryland chose his first black governor, which became Democrat Wes Moore. In Massachusetts, the first female governor Democrat Morahili, who will also become the first open lesbian in the country as the head of the state executive branch, will begin work. The governor of Arkansas, as expected, was elected former press secretary of President Donald Trump Republican Sarah Hakabi Sanders. Her father, Mike Khakabi, served as the governor for ten years.
In Florida, Governor Ron landing easily achieved re -election. Some Republicans push landing to Trump in the struggle for the nomination for the presidency from the Republican Party, and he does not exclude the nomination of his candidacy.
Trump, who lives in Florida, said that he had voted for the landing of the governor. At the same time, the ex-president dismissively spoke about the possible claims of landing to the White House. On the eve of the election at a rally in Ohio, Trump said that he would make a big statement on November 15. According to political scientists, it will become the beginning of his presidential election campaign of 2024.
According to a recent survey of the research center, I PURI, more than three quarters of voters said that the economic situation had the greatest influence on their choice when voting.