A pedestrian walks past the Supervisor of Elections office featuring VOTE!, a sculptural installation by Matthew Mazzotta, on October 19, 2026 in Palm Beach, Fla. Early voting began in several South Florida counties and will last through Nov. 1, with the general election being held on Nov. 3rd. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption
The Democratic Party has high expectations as it heads into these pivotal US midterm elections. A historically unpopular Republican president, an American public unhappy with the rising costs of food and bills, and months of favourable polls point to a good night for them on Tuesday. Democratic candidates lead in well over the 218 seats
The separatist movement is led by Mitch Sylvestre, a gun shop owner from the town of Bonnyville, and Jeffrey Rath, a lawyer based in Calgary. They are both members of a group called the Alberta Prosperity Project, which argues that the province’s economic growth has been hindered by years of Liberal party rule in Ottawa.
Embattled German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has vowed to stay on despite exit polls in two local elections suggesting damaging defeats for his centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party. In the north-eastern state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the party was projected to only just scrape into parliament, while the AfD was on track to win the most votes.
Germany’s AfD is heading for a big victory in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, far ahead of its mainstream arrivals, exit polls say. It is not yet clear if that would be enough to take power in the state but the AfD says it has won a mandate to govern. The far-right party is projected
For over a year, both Stevens and El-Sayed have been laying out starkly different visions for Michigan and for the country. El-Sayed, who is 41 years old and the son of Egyptian immigrants, would be the first Muslim senator in the US, if elected. He’s been endorsed by leading left-wing politicians such as Vermont Senator
