World Morning Star
Voters cast final ballots in US elections
VOTERS struggling with high prices and angry over an unpopular war with Iran cast ballots today in midterm elections serving as a referendum on Donald Trump’s second term. Margins were tight in both c
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VOTERS struggling with high prices and angry over an unpopular war with Iran cast ballots today in midterm elections serving as a referendum on Donald Trump’s second term.
Margins were tight in both chambers and results were expected to flow in after the Morning Star went to print.
Democrats needed a net gain of four seats in the 100-member Senate and three in the 435-member House.
Mr Trump told voters to act as though he is running, even as many Republican candidates kept their distance.
He said in a Fox News interview that “everything’s going good” and “inflation is solved,” even though consumer prices rose 3.6 per cent in September from a year earlier, up from 3.4 per cent in August.
Only 35 per cent of US adults approve of Mr Trump’s performance, according to the most recent AP-Norc polling, with most blaming him for high prices.
Some 25 per cent approve of his handling of the economy, and about seven in 10 say the country is heading in the wrong direction.
Democrats taking even one chamber would open the floodgates to investigations and possible impeachments, with Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth and billionaire Elon Musk among possible targets.
In the Senate, Democrats were most confident about picking up North Carolina and holding Georgia.
In Michigan, Mike Rogers faced Abdul El-Sayed in one of the most anticipated elections.
Beyond Washington, 36 states are electing governors, with Democrats hoping to take a majority of statehouses for the first time in two decades.
The elections are likely to be the most expensive in history, with Republican committees dramatically outraising and outspending Democrats thanks largely to Trump-affiliated groups and Mr Musk.
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