east to west. when they started devoting this morning, and as those polls close, we will look at one stage in particularfor some signs of this expected red wave, particularly in the house seats. and did virginia, there are house districts, three house districts where women took control, democrats in 2018 to give democrats control of the house. so we will be looking for instance at virginia second which joe biden won by two points in 2020. sitting on the january six committee, so some of what the national profile. if republicans take that, they are having an ok night. if they take this on, virginia seven, which won by eight points, joe biden in 2020, they are having a really good night. already on the way to the pub because republicans are having a blow out. now why are we so focused on
that campaigns for equal representation in american politics. hello welcome to the programme. so here we are, election day 2022. post pandemic, postjanuary 6, the first real test of american democracy since that bitterly disputed election two years ago. the polls on the east coast start closing in two hours time. i hope you willjoin katty and i for our special programme through the night as we try and make sense of it all. these mid terms don t always attract the same attention as a presidential election, but early voting broke all records and it does feel more important. there are election deniers on the ballot, candidates refusing to say whether they will accept the results. this will set the stage for 202a. and if democrats lose control of the house or the senate tonight, joe bidens agenda will stall.