When will the results of the midterm elections in the United States be known?

USA vote this Tuesday, November 8 to renew the House of Representatives, a third of the Senate and thirty governorships. These elections are crucial to know the direction that the president’s administration will take Joe Biden until the end of his term and the strength he still has donald trump ahead of his possible presidential candidacy for the 2024 elections.

The surveys on Parliamentary election tilt the balance in favor of the republicans. According to the weighted average of polls carried out by the web FiveThirtyEightthey have a 54% chance of getting the Senate and an 82% chance of winning the House of Representatives.

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Nowadays, Democrats have a majority in both houses of the United States Congress. And although there are areas that attract attention due to the tight margin of the forecasts, such as the states of Pennsylvania or Arizona, both Republicans and Democrats commented to the EFE agency that their strategy in these elections has not neglected any of the 50 states of the country.

The governors of 36 states are also at stake in the elections.

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The Senate it has two seats from each of the country’s 50 states and is currently split down the middle between Democrats and Republicans. The tiebreaker vote is in the hands of the vice president, Kamala Harris.

In the House of Representativesthe Democrats have the majority with 220 of their 435 seats, compared to 212 for the Republicans.

The United States Congress. (AFP).

In most states, the vote for the Senate has a clear favorite candidate, so the greatest attention is paid to the few territories where the duel is very tight. These are Pennsylvania, Nevada, Georgia, Ohio. Arizona. Wisconsin, Colorado, New Hampshire, Washington.

In view of elections in the United States are not organized by a central authoritybut are governed by the laws and regulations of each state, with different rules, voting systems, and procedures for counting votes, a general announcement of results is not expected once the polls are closed.

Thus, the results reports will be known at different times during the night of the elections and in the following days.

This situation has made Donald Trump assure that the lack of final results on election night is an indicator that there is electoral fraud.

The most contested states in the elections for the United States Senate. (AFP).

But as Univisión reports, some states give their electoral management bodies several days before the election to process mail-in ballots, including verifying signatures and verifying voter identity, but other states don’t let this happen until on election day itself, causing long delays in the final counts.

At what time will the results be known in the most disputed states in the elections for the Senate?:

Arizona

Univision reports that in Arizona Democratic Senator Mark Kelly tries to win a full term after winning the last two years of the seat held by the late Republican senator John McCainwhich is important for Democrats to retain control of the Senate. He faces the Republican Blake Masters.

The state’s polling places close at 9:00 pm, but by law results cannot be reported until an hour later.

Georgia

In Georgia the senate disputes Democrat Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker. This status is also crucial for control of the House of Representatives.

The voters in Georgia they can cast their vote by mail, in person during early voting, and in person on Election Day.

On election day, the polling stations in Georgia They will close at 7:00 pm. State law requires a candidate to get more than 50% of the vote to avoid a runoff, and candidates can request a recount if the difference is 0.5% or less.

United States Senate seats. (AFP).

Snowfall

In Snowfall Republicans seek to prevail to snatch a seat from the Senate to the Democrats. Democratic Senator Catherine Cortez Masto defends his seat against former Republican attorney general adam laxalt. In this state, the polls close at 10:00 pm, votes are counted relatively quickly and results may begin to be reported shortly before midnight on Wednesday.

Ohio

In Ohio face faces democrat representative Tim Ryan and the republican J. D. Vance to replace the republican Rob Portmanwho leaves his seat in the Senate.

Univisión points out that Ohio usually counts a little more than 2% of the votes in the days after election day, which could delay the results in the most close races such as the contest to define the new senator.

Ohio also has mandatory recounts for state elections in which the margin between the two main candidates is 0.25% or less, as well as for races for the House of Representatives.

Pennsylvania

In Pennsylvania there is a close race between the republican Mehmed Oz and Democratic lieutenant governor John Fetterman for the post vacated by the Republican senator Pat Toomey. This is an opportunity for the Democrats to wrest a seat from them in Senate to the Republicans.

In this state the polls close at 8:00 pm. But keep in mind that the vote count dragged on for four days in the 2020 presidential election due to the sheer number of mail-in ballots.

For this November 8, the electoral officials of Pennsylvania They already warned that it may take a few days to complete the count.

Wisconsin

The main contest in Wisconsin stars Republican senator Ron Johnsonwho defends his seat against the Democratic lieutenant governor Mandela Barnes.

the ballot boxes in Wisconsin they close at 9:00 pm. Voters cast their ballot before Election Day by completing an absentee ballot and returning it in person or by mail. They can also vote early in person for a period of two weeks before Election Day.

None of the ballots cast can be counted before election day, which has led to long waits for results in previous elections.

The current distribution of the United States Senate. (AFP).

Source: Elcomercio