US Midterm Polls Begin Closing at 6 p.m. ET as Kentucky and Florida Test Democratic Wave
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Updated · The Washington Post · Nov 3
US Midterm Polls Begin Closing at 6 p.m. ET as Kentucky and Florida Test Democratic Wave
3 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Nov 3
Summary
6 p.m. Eastern marks the first poll closings in parts of Indiana and Kentucky, starting a results cascade that runs until 1 a.m. in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands.
Kentucky, Virginia and Florida are the earliest major tests of whether Democrats are delivering the wave many expect or whether Republican support was underestimated.
Florida’s fast count could quickly show whether GOP redistricting backfired and whether Democrats are regaining Latino support, while Virginia’s swing-seat races will gauge anti-incumbent pressure on Republicans.
Later battlegrounds including Pennsylvania, Michigan, Texas, Iowa and Maine will help decide House control and show how far voter anger at President Donald Trump reaches into Republican territory.
The Associated Press will call winners only when trailing candidates have no viable path, meaning some contests—especially slow-counting, ranked-choice Maine races—could take days.