Americans head to the polls on Election Day as Trump's power is on the line: Live updates

Election Day is here, and President Donald Trump's power is on the line as Republicans brace for a 'blue tsunami.'Voters are heading to the polls as crucial Senate, House, and governor seats are up for grabs – and historically deep-red states have turned into political battlegrounds.In the Senate, Democrats must flip four Republican-held seats to gain control. In the House, Democrats need to pick up just three seats. The first polls close at 6pm ET and the last polls wrap up at 1am ET. Then the nation will wait as ballots are counted across the country to find out whether Republicans or Democrats will take power.Follow the Daily Mail for more updates... Your guide to the 2026 midterm elections: Everything you need to know about when voting closes and when we can expect the results Millions of Americans will head to the polls on Tuesday in what is shaping up to be one of the most decisive midterm elections in US history.Voters will choose in a collective battle for power that might turn America upside down and determine the future of Donald Trump's presidency.Throughout the first two years of Trump's second administration, Republicans have controlled the White House, the Senate and the House of Representatives.But polling ahead of the 2026 midterms has repeatedly indicated a 'blue wave' Democratic victory as Senate, House and governor seats are up for grabs – even in historically deep-red states that turned into political battlegrounds.Exclusive:Americans deliver brutal final verdict on Trump on Election Day as majority blame him for dragging Republicans downPresident Donald Trump has spent months campaigning for Republicans, and despite his best efforts, most voters believe he's hurting his own party's chances, according to the final Daily Mail/Ipsos poll.Among registered voters, 55 percent said Trump is hurting Republicans' chances in the 2026 midterm elections. Fewer than half of Republicans, 48 percent, say Trump is helping. And 60 percent of independents believe he's hurting.Just one in five, 20 percent, say the president's efforts are helping.Among Republicans, 21 percent believe the president is a drag on their party's campaign efforts.The president has traveled to over two dozen states and held at least two dozen events since launching a midterm blitz in September.While he is absent from any ballot, he's asked voters to head to the polls with the same enthusiasm as though he too is up for re-election.But perhaps because of his pleas, or despite them, voters are bracing for a rough night for Republicans.Trump issues endorsement blitz as president faces daunting polling outlook on election day President Trump has issued a string of endorsements for Republican candidates across the nation as voters head to the polls. Trump took to his Truth Social platform on Tuesday morning to announce dozens of endorsements. The president's endorsements ranged from state legislatures to Congressional seats, as he hoped to give a final boost to GOP candidates ahead of a potentially gruelling day. Polls show Republicans are expected to struggle in state legislatures and lose a number of seats in the House and Senate, as Trump faces the prospect of losing control of congress. Election monitors to be deployed to more than 120 counties across US today, officials sayElection monitors are to be deployed to scores of counties across the US today as voters head to the polls. The Justice Department shared a list on Tuesday morning of more than 126 counties across the country that will see federal election monitors. The DOJ said around 1,000 election monitors were being sent to all 50 states, and described the effort as the nation's 'largest monitoring effort in history.'The full list of counties can be found here - https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/doj-monitor-elections-all-50-states-first-time Polls have opened in ArkansasGeorgia GOP candidate for governor sounds the alarm over poor turnout: 'We have a serious issue'Republican nominee for governor in Georgia, Rick Jackson, has warned that he is already in a deep deficit after early voting. Jackson, 72, a billionaire healthcare CEO, told reporters on Monday that Republican voters needed to turn out in huge numbers on election day if he is going to avoid a humiliating loss.'We have a serious issue here,' he said, per Politico.'People can't solve a problem they're unaware of. And I think we waited a little bit too late to say: ‘Guys, we have a problem. We can lose this race, and you cannot take it for granted,'' Jackson said.Georgia voters cast over 2.8 million early ballots, which set a new midterms record in the state. Jackson is facing former mayor of Atlanta, Keisha Lance Bottoms, in the state's gubernatorial election, where the Democrat hopes to become the first black female governor in US history. Exclusive:Majority of voters say they fear the midterm results could be 'tampered with', Daily Mail poll findsNearly two-thirds of voters fear Tuesday's midterm results could be tampered with, with Republicans and Democrats almost equally worried, according to an exclusive Daily Mail/Ipsos poll.Among registered voters, 63 percent are concerned the results may be tampered with in a way that affects their accuracy, the poll found.A quarter of voters, 25 percent, said they were 'very concerned' about the election's integrity. Just 36 percent said they were not concerned.The concern cuts across party lines: 68 percent of Democratic voters and 66 percent of Republicans say they are concerned, as are 57 percent of independents.Twenty-nine percent of Democrats are 'very concerned,' against 24 percent of Republicans and 21 percent of independents.Independents are the most relaxed, with 42 percent saying they are not concerned, against 33 percent of Republicans and 32 percent of Democrats. Across all registered voters, 12 percent are 'not concerned at all.'A day of reckoning for Trump favorite Darline Graham as deep red South Carolina teeters on the brink 'I don't know much about her. Is she qualified? I don't really know to tell the truth...'So said one of the first MAGA supporters in line as President Trump swooped in to rescue Darline Graham, the sinking Republican Senate candidate in South Carolina.Hardly a ringing endorsement. But it was a sentiment echoed by others among the faithful after what has been a lackluster campaign.I went to JD Vance's hillbilly hometown. I drank with working-class men and spoke to their stripper 'therapists'... Republicans should be terrified The wooden front door of JD Vance's childhood home on McKinley Street in Middletown has been battered by many punishing Ohio winters. The porch boards are split and warped by years of snow.An American flag hangs above it and the leaves along the street are turning. From the road, you'd swear somebody still lives here.Nobody does. A padlock hangs on the door. Through the glass, the rooms are bare. Out back, the porch is rotting and the grass hasn't seen a mower any time recently.This is the house where the vice president spent part of the boyhood he turned into Hillbilly Elegy, his bestselling memoir of growing up broke in a fading Rust Belt steel town. Polls have opened in Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee (varies by county), Washington, D.C.Polls have opened in North Carolina, Ohio, West VirginiaJames Talarico's faith was meant to help Democrats win in Texas. Now undercover video from his home church exposes a Christian divide that has horrified megachurch pastors Is James Talarico a heretic? A demon in human form? The False Prophet from Revelation? Even the Antichrist himself?These would seem rather extreme labels to put on a soft-spoken, meek-looking seminarian running for office in Texas. But they are questions being asked – and not just in the far reaches of the internet.