Today (November 3) is voting day in the US midterm elections, where all 435 seats in the House of Representatives and 35 of the 100 seats in the Senate will be up for election. Outsiders are optimistic that the Democratic Party can at least regain the majority in the House of Representatives. Although Trump is not on the ballot, he is a central figure in this election. He traveled many times to different countries to stir up votes, and asked supporters to imagine that "they are at the ballot box." At the Republican convention in September, Trump even promised to send $5,000 to every senior American citizen if the Republican Party kept the House and Senate. For the Democratic Party, it's also consistent with its strategy of letting voters tie the election to Trump. They tied the Republican candidates to the president's policies, and connected the price pressure voters face to policies like tariffs and the Iran war, in an attempt to translate dissatisfaction with Trump into Democratic congressional seats. Click the link to read the full text.