2018 United States elections facts for kids

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2018 United States elections

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Election day	November 6
Incumbent president	Donald Trump (Republican)
Next Congress	116th
Senate elections
Overall control	Republican hold
Seats contested	35 of 100 seats (33 seats of Class I +2 special elections)
Net seat change	Republican +2
2018 Senate results (Minnesota and Mississippi each held two Senate elections)      Democratic hold      Republican hold      Democratic gain      Republican gain      Independent hold
House elections
Overall control	Democratic gain
Seats contested	All 435 voting seats +5 of 6 non-voting seats
Popular vote margin	Democratic +8.6%
Net seat change	Democratic +41
2018 House of Representatives results (territorial delegate races not shown)      Democratic hold      Republican hold      Democratic gain      Republican gain
Gubernatorial elections
Seats contested	39 (36 states, three territories)
Net seat change	Democratic +7
2018 gubernatorial election results      Democratic hold      Republican hold      Democratic gain      Republican gain

The 2018 United States elections were held Tuesday, November 6, 2018. These midterm elections happened during the presidency of Republican Donald Trump. Thirty-five of the 100 seats in the United States Senate and all 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives were in the elections. Thirty-nine state and territorial governorships as well as many state and local elections were also in the elections.

Democrats net gained of 41 seats in the United States House of Representatives, gaining a majority in the chamber. This ended the control that the Republican Party had over the entire legislature. The Republican Party kept control of the United States Senate, making a net gain of two seats and defeating four Democratic incumbents in states that had voted for Trump in 2016. In the state elections, Democrats gained seven state governorships, control of at least 350 state legislative seats, and control of six state legislative chambers.

The elections had the highest voter turnout seen in midterm elections since 1914. This election was believed to be a "blue wave" election for the House and the states, but not the Senate.

Turnout

Turnout of the voting eligible population in midterm elections held since 1945

On November 6, the United States Election Project estimated that 40 million early voters cast ballots on November 6, breaking the record for the number of early votes.

50.3 percent of eligible voters voted in 2018. In 2014, only 36.7 percent of eligible voters voted. The 2018 elections had highest turnout of any mid-term election held since the 1914 elections.

Results table

Number of people who watched it on television

Images for kids

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  Historical mid-term seat gains in the House of Representatives for the party not holding the presidency

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  The number of women who sought and won election to Congress in each election cycle from 1974 to 2018.

See also

In Spanish: Elecciones en Estados Unidos en 2018 para niños