it is election day in america. hello everyone i m anderson cooper welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. you are looking at live pictures of voters lining up to cast their ballots. polls are open in a majority of states. at this hour six more states are opening their doors to voters. the big question who will control congress. dozens of house races are considered toss ups, republicans need to win 30 competitive seats to win the majority. in the senate the race is likely to determine control are very tight. republicans need a net gain of one seat to clinch the majority from democrats. more than 40 million americans have cast their ballots in early voting ahead of today. it all comes down to turnout today and the issues. the only certainty is that voters will decide who they elect and who controls congress. we have this consequential midterm election covered for you from coast to coast. i want to begin with our coverage with cnn s jason carroll li
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in a very tight race. and it is expected to be very tight. how long might we be waiting for races to be called in pennsylvania? could take a while. anderson, it could be a while. pennsylvania didn t even start processing its mail-in ballots, meaning taking them out of the envelope and having to put them through those tabulation machines until 7:00 this morning. historically democrats prefer to vote by mail or vote early. the numbers this year do fit that pattern if you take a look at the pie chart. 69% of pre-election ballots in pennsylvania were cast by democrats. remember, republicans historically favor voting in-person on election day. so those votes will be among the first results we will get tonight and that s why the early map might fill in red and we may then see a blue shift as those mail ballots are counted. this year, by the 63 counties, the majority of this state including philadelphia will do a marathon count going around the clock until every