00:15Millions of U.S. citizens are heading to the polls this Tuesday to decide who will control
00:19Congress and the balance of power for the last two years of Donald Trump's term.
00:24Throughout the day, Democrats are seeking to regain control of both chambers of Congress,
00:28while the Republican Party is heading into the elections with the goal of preserving its political position during the second
00:33half of Trump's presidential term.
00:35The first polling centers began opening at 5 and 6 a.m. local time in the eastern coast.
00:40Meanwhile, the Supreme Court rejected a motion filed by the Trump administration to force the state of California to void
00:46thousands of ballots
00:47after claiming they were sent to non-U.S. citizens.
00:54In this context, nearly 58 million U.S. citizens cast early ballots ahead of the mid-term election,
01:00setting historic turnout records across the United States.
01:03The surge is driven by heightened mobilizations among working-class voters and Latino communities,
01:08who report casting ballots to combat grocery inflation and economic pressures.
01:12As voters prepare to decide all 435 seats in the House of Representatives, 35 Senate seats and 36 governorships,
01:19market prediction models give Democrats a 95% chance of securing a House majority,
01:24signaling potential legislative blockades for the remainder of President Donald Trump's second term.
