Politics
US midterm elections test Trump as Democrats eye House majority
November 3, 2026 at 04:33 PM · Updated 45m ago
3 reports · 2 in Arabic, 1 in English · over 2 hours
MAMasrawy
انتخابات التجديد النصفي.. اختبار سياسي جديد لشعبية ترامب داخل الولايات المتحدة
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AJAl Jazeera English
How US midterms have cost a record $12bn as cost of living soars
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SNSky News Arabia
أميركا تصوّت.. معركة الكونغرس تختبر نفوذ ترامب
(opens the publisher’s site)Americans voted Tuesday for all 435 House seats and 35 Senate seats in a midterm election testing President Donald Trump's first two years in office.
- Americans voted Tuesday for every House seat and 35 of 100 Senate seats, with polls favoring Democrats to take the House majority.
- A Reuters/Ipsos poll in September put Trump's approval at 32 percent amid voter concern over living costs.
- Over 57 million Americans had voted early by Monday, exceeding the 46 million early voters of the 2022 midterms, per the University of Florida.
- OpenSecrets estimated total campaign spending at $11.9 billion, with Elon Musk contributing about $366 million to Republican causes.
- Dark money contributions in the midterms are expected to surpass a record $1.5 billion, according to OpenSecrets.