The Guardian race ratings are derived from other polling organisations and our own research. Some other information comes from the US Congress. These live results come from the Associated Press. The opposition Democrats - in blue above - were hoping for a "blue wave" that would put them in a position to moderate and sometimes block Trump's agenda. Being in the middle of the presidential term, they are usually understood to be at least partially a reaction to the president's performance so far, and usually see the president's party losing seats.ĭonald Trump's Republicans - red in the maps and charts, and often called the GOP, or "grand old party" - went into the election campaign controlling both houses of Congress. These elections are known as midterms when they fall outside the four-year presidential election cycle. The representatives thus serve a two-year term, and the senators six years.
House seats, 17 more than the 23 seats they needed to win control of the House. The Democratic Partywon control of the House, and the Republican Partyretained control of the Senate. Congress(35 Senateseats and all 435 Houseseats) were up for election. At each election the whole of the House of Representatives and one third of the 100-member Senate are elected. On November 6, 2018, 470 seats in the U.S. The US holds congressional elections every two years. The 2018 US midterm elections are most Americans' first opportunity to pass judgment on Donald Trump since his election two years ago.
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