Voters across the United States will decide on November 3 whether to keep the president’s Republican allies in control of Congress or return Democrats to the majority, according to The Guardian. The outlet described the vote as a turning point in Donald Trump’s second term. Its interactive graphics are designed to explain what Democrats would need to do to flip the Senate and the House of Representatives.
The Guardian also reported that many indicators of voter sentiment suggest Democrats are favored. The summary of that report does not identify the indicators it cites, so the claim could not be checked against the full article for this story.
CBS News reported that its correspondent Caitlin Huey-Burns shares the top races she is watching as Election Day approaches, in a video that says the races could shift the balance of power in Congress. The summary of that video does not name any of the races.
The two summaries differ in focus. The Guardian’s describes the overall balance of the House and Senate, while the CBS News summary names no races and states no favorite. Neither summary reports results, vote counts, or district-level figures, because the November vote has not yet taken place.
This report relies only on the two summaries and does not independently verify the claims they contain about the races or the state of voter sentiment.
Sources: The Guardian: The US midterm races that will decide control of Congress - mapped; CBS News: These midterm races could shift the balance of power in Congress.