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Today, Trump's midterm misery.
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As the results start to come in, what could be the most consequential midterm election in recent history?
So much is on the line.
At 6 p.m.
Eastern time on Tuesday, the first polls closed in Indiana
and Kentucky in what was being hailed as the most consequential midterm elections in recent U.S.
History.
What does it mean for the president with his approval rating deeply underwater?
By 8pm, voting in most major states was almost over.
And by midnight, when polling finally closed in Alaska and Hawaii, over 100 million people had cast their votes.
And now they and the world waited.
And waiting with them were Guardian reporters, scattered across the country.
I'm Ed Pilkington.
I'm standing here in the ballroom at the Sheraton Hotel in Anchorage, Alaska.
From north to south.
I'm at the long centre for the performing arts in Austin, Texas.