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This article compiles polling observation points at various times on election day, from Kentucky and Florida to the West Coast and Alaska, and explains how to judge whether the Democratic Party has indeed launched a “blue wave” based on early election results.
Henry Olsen, a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, a conservative think tank, has written an article in the Washington Post analyzing whether there is indeed a “blue wave” in this year’s midterm elections on November 3.vote There are multiple time points of the day observation indicators, and ordinary people can also get information about the polling results like experts.
Surprisingly, the initial results were not from the East Coast. Most polling places in Kentucky and Indiana have early voting deadlines. After vote counting begins in Kentucky’s 6th Congressional District and Indiana’s 5th Congressional District, ifdemocratic party The gap in vote share was only within 5 percentage points.republican party This would be a bad sign.
Florida belongs to the Eastern Time Zone voting center, and voting has closed, and federal representative districts are expected to be announced. Since 80% of all votes were cast in early voting, the results of the counting are expected to be declared before 8 pm. Republicans will be considered successful if they win six seats in seven districts, and Democrats will be considered successful if they win four seats.
Voting closed in Virginia and South Carolina. It would be surprising if Republican South Carolina U.S. Senate candidate Darlene Graham loses. If incumbent Republican Congressman John McGuire loses re-election in a “deep red district” of Victoria, it would represent a “blue wave” that has become a “blue tsunami”.
Voting deadlines in North Carolina and Ohio. Early voting turnout is high in both states, and those votes are likely to lean Democratic.
Voting has closed at most polling stations in Michigan, Maine, Kansas and Texas. Democratic Texas U.S. Senate candidate James Tallarico must lead by at least 5 percentage points in early voting to have a chance at winning.
Voting has closed in 12 states, with the sharpest focus being on Iowa. The race for the US Senate in Iowa is a tug-of-war, with three Republican House of Representatives seats up for grabs.
States where voting has ended during this period include federal congressional districts in California and Washington state where the Democratic Party is expected to win. If a “blue wave” does indeed begin to sweep other parts of the country, the Democratic Party’s dream could come true in several West Coast states. If the Republican Party scores unexpected victories in other areas on voting night, there could be late news of defeat on the West Coast.
