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
to take the majority in the house and in the senate republicans need a net gain of just one seat to clinch the majority from democrats. the big questions will republicans see gain as mong latino voters. self house races in texas and in nevada right now hinging on latino vote. joining me now is cnn commentator sochi hinojosa from the democratic national committee and also with us is la tasha brown, the co-founder of the black voters matter fund. so sochi, according to this research, this midterm are projected to account for 14.3% of all eligible voters which a new election high and there is a piece in the wall street journal, a poll finding that the republican party is gaining support among black and latino voters. why do you think we re seeing that trend? well i think that republicans woke up the day after that trump lost the presidency and they realized that if they were to try to make end roads with black and latino voters this could
wins in ohio, ron johnson in wisconsin. all of a sudden republicans are at 49, they re feeling awfully close to this. well, what if the democratic incumbents bin in in evidence da and arizona, all of a sudden democrats are at 48, new hampshire maggie hassan if she maintains dk i m going to go back out here if she maintains control of her seat it s like that. and then you see these two races left tied at 49. what s the problem here? well, pennsylvania you will remember the presidential election anderson two years ago pennsylvania wasn t called until saturday. okay? georgia went to a runoff and that wasn t decided until january. so it could take some time if it were to come down to this and even, by the way, if republicans do win there, if democrats get to 50, they control because kamala harris breaks the tie. what are you going to be watching in the early evening? in the early evening, i will
account all of the issues and that they thud have the right to change their mind. very good. thank you very much, jack and roseanne. thank you very much for your vote. again, anderson, a lot of various opinions out here and in bucks county. again the turnout is expected to be very high. candidates on both sides arek looing for the returns to see what happens here. anderson, back to you. jason, great to hear from voters. two major races underway in georgia including a rematch between brian kemp and democrat stacey abrams. and raphael warnock is expected in atlanta. he s facing herschel walker. and nick valencia is in a polls place in atlanta. what is it looking like this morning? a lot of early voting. reporter: a lot of early voting. in fact historic numbers. 2.2 million votes cast throughout the state of georgia. that is was a record and it
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