Tomorrow is election day in America.

Starting at around 6:30am, EST, Americans will go to the polls to vote for every member of congress (our lower house), and approximately one-third of the senate. A large number of governors races will also be up for grabs, and state-wide elections as well.

There are a ton of issues and candidates on the ballot. This will be the first electtion I will be able to talk about for over a year on election day, as I've been a poll worker the past few times (for primaries, special and general elections...Hard work).

Of note, there are probably 3 things VGC-ers outside the US may care about:

1. Republican surge in Congress. Current averages have the Democrats taking the worst beating in almost 100 years. If the 'average' scenario plays out, then the GOP will pick up a whopping 67 seats. That is essentially a total reverse from the last congress, which had the GOP being walloped by a margin of 255-178. If average projections hold, Republicans will hold the house by a margin of 246-189, or approximately 57% to 43%.

2. California is voting to legalize marijuana for personal consumption, AKA prop 19. I'm very interested in if this passes. Polling for the measure have been the most erratic I can think of. Some polls have it losing by 10%, to passing by 20%. Crazy times.

3. If the GOP will take, or split the Senate. Averages have the Republicans taking a few spots, but with Dems keeping a 51 to 49 majority. However, there are about 7 seats still within the margin of error, which could swing the election either way.

On a personal note, for my state's elections, I will be voting mostly 3rd party, as the GOP and Democratic candidates are awful. In our treasury election, only one candidate has a degree or experience in anything related to finances...The Libertarian candidate. The same can be said for state auditor.

I am also interested in Proposition 19, not because I'm a toker (haven't touched it in 10 years) but because it has pretty big ramifications I think, going forward.

Unless all polls are wrong it looks like Democrats are set to get hammered these elections.  I early voted, but I am interested in seeing how things turn out in the house (I don't think my gubernatorial election is really in doubt [Texas]).

So if Reps get congress and Dems get the senate and neither are willing to even try and work with the other, I can guess what that means?

My church had a meeting to see how the members would vote.

on prop. 19, only two people said they would vote 'yes'!  One was a policeman and the other was the pastor!  hahahahah. 

Nothing significant will ever get done - business as usual.

@Rath -

It would be deadlocked, and only bipartisan legislation would ever make it to Obama's desk. Depending on how you look at things, that may be very good (both parties would have to work to get something done, which may end up being good), or bad (both parties fight so much, Obama has a truly lame duck session).

In other news, the generic ballot as of today is Biblical in its average results....10% in favor of Republicans. That may lead to 65-70 seats swinging to Republicans.

I dunno if the Republicans will pick up that many, Maybe the high 50s, which is still pretty big. Of course, I have no confidence in this prediction, and I suspect it's very possible for it to turn into an absolute bloodbath for the Democrats.

I voted today, and it was mostly joke write-ins (I think I put in the names of each of the Beatles for my representatives). Doesn't matter anyways.

its on the bbc news channel now it says

sen 44 34 democrats no first i assume

hse 35 66

what does it change though,don't most govts drop in popularity mid term,although they say the race to be president starts tonight

when is the next presidential election

on a side note is there anyway in america for someone who isn't a rep or dem to be president

Most parties do drop seats when their president is in office, but not by these margins.

Next presidential election is in 2012.

I doubt it. We haven't had a significant third party candidate since Ross Perot in 1992.