Live US midterm elections results — in charts and maps

The Financial Times published a live results page for the US midterm elections, presenting vote tallies and state-by-state outcomes in charts and maps as returns come in. Midterm outcomes matter to markets mainly through the composition of Congress, since control of the House and Senate shapes the likelihood of fiscal legislation, tax policy, regulatory direction, and the scope for executive action in the remaining years of the presidential term. The transmission runs through policy-expectation repricing: a shift in congressional control alters the probability distribution over future spending, tariffs, and sector regulation, which feeds into Treasury yields, the dollar, and equity sector rotation. Equities in energy, healthcare, financials, and defense, along with Treasuries and the dollar, tend to show the sharpest moves on the night when control becomes clear, while the broad index effect is typically smaller. Traders should watch the Senate race calls and the margin in the House, since a split government versus unified control produces materially different expectations for legislative gridlock.

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