Millions of Americans head to the polls
WASHINGTON -- Tens of millions of Americans voted Tuesday in the mid-term elections.
Some polls on the East Coast are about to close.
At stake is control of the Senate. Republicans need to pick up six seats to regain control and, the three states to watch are Colorado, Iowa and Kansas.
The rallies are done, the ads have aired and now, it's finally time to count the votes.
"I am a Republican and I voted for Republican candidates," Elaine Krause, a New Hampshire voter said.
"I think this is an important election, I mean midterm elections are a lot of times overlooked," North Carolina voter Paul Smith said.
Analysts expect that Tuesday's nationwide turnout could hit 90 million voters, about nine percent more than 2010. Despite that increase at the polls, voters are frustrated.
"Neither party in the aftermath of this election is going to be embraced by the country," ABC News Political Contributor Matt Dowd said.
Republicans are poised to take control of the senate.
"I am hoping we are going to have a new majority to take American in a different direction," Mitch McConnell said.
And two states to watch are Colorado and Iowa, both critical to president Obama's wins in 2008 and 2012.
"There could be a new generation of Republicans in town powered by those two states that have symbolic importance to president Obama," ABC political reporter Rick Klein said.
A major theme this year has been dissatisfaction with president Obama. Just 44 percent of Americans have a favorable view of the president. In fact, one third of all senate campaign ads featured an anti-Obama message.
Several key races may not even be decided Tuesday night.
There's slow vote counting in Alaska and with three candidates on the ballot
In Louisiana and Georgia, there could be run off elections.
"This easily could go into December even January," Rick Klein said.
One potential bright spot for Democrats is that they could win several key governors races. While the change in power in the senate will be a major shift tonight may not produce a clear national mandate for Republicans.
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