Midterm elections in America .. A large turnout and anticipation of changing the map of Congress

The US Congress will continue to vote in midterm congressional elections amid a sharp polarization between Democrats and Republicans. Today's vote will determine the map of control of the two houses of Congress, seen as a referendum on the policies and performance of US President Donald Trump.

Voters in the midterm elections choose all members of the House of Representatives, one-third of the Senate, plus the governors of 36 states. The mid-term elections are a test of the Republican and Democratic parties, with bipartisan opportunities in the House and Senate and state governors' elections.

More than 36 million voters, mostly young people, took part in the pre-election balloting ahead of the midterm elections, an increase of up to nine million voters compared to the last four-year-old elections.

The ballot box has seen a high turnout in the early hours of the US midterm elections, according to opinion polls. This turnout is an extension of the high voter turnout over the past weeks in 33 states.

Today's vote is held on the entire House of Representatives, with 355 seats in the Senate. The governors of 36 of the 50 states are now in control, with Republicans currently holding 26.

Context of elections
Al-Jazeera correspondent in Washington, Saad al-Waqfi, said that the current election is the most important election in American history and comes in the midst of ongoing investigations into the alleged Russian intervention in the US presidential election.

If Democrats win the House of Representatives - as expectations are likely - it is expected to hold sessions of the Council to hold administration officials accountable for conflicts of interest such as Jared Kouchner, adviser and smelter of the president.

On the other hand, Al-Jazeera correspondent from the White House, Mohammed Al-Ahmad, said that Donald Trump was on the White House polling day after an election campaign that led him to three states to mobilize his constituency to vote for the Republican Party to maintain his control of the Senate.

Trump took part in more than 30 election rallies in a referendum on his presidency. The president credited the current momentum of the midterm elections to his performance in the previous period compared to the previous midterm elections he described as boring.

Polls
More than half of Americans believe that the current midterm elections are more important than any previous poll, and a poll showed that 40% of young American voters had indicated their intention to vote in the midterm elections. According to a US CNN poll, From 41% in 2016 to 31% currently.

In the United States, the first midterm elections in a president's state have traditionally been seen as a referendum on his public performance in his first two years in office. The general rule confirms that the president's party loses some of its seats in Congress, and the number of seats varies depending on the general impression of the president and his party.