Inflation, jobs and abortion: why US citizens are voting in the midterms – video

Inflation and the state of the economy are at the front of voters' minds when going out to vote in the closely fought US midterm elections, the results of which threaten to rob the Democrats of control of Congress. Abortion and the threat to democracy also figure highly.

The final results, which will determine control of Congress for the remainder of Biden's first term as president and possibly further constrain his legislative agenda, could take days or even weeks in some tight Senate races

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