The sting music has blared, the media hype is in, and the midterms are set to be the most important American elections in nearly two years. Now, as normal people head to the polls, it’s time for us political junkies to jumper-cable our brains straight into the vote tallies. You, too, can pretend to know what will happen before the results are even in. Here are seven things to watch tonight as the makeup of Congress is decided.
The Pennsylvania Senate race
The most ballyhooed Senate contest really is worth all the attention it’s getting. For some of us, choosing between stroke victim John Fetterman and Oprah houseplant Mehmet Oz is the equivalent of deciding favorites in one of those intra-jihadist group feuds in the Middle East. Yet Pennsylvania is also a very real bellwether: Trump won it narrowly in 2016; Biden won it narrowly in 2020; and it has a little of everything, from bustling cities to rural stretches to postindustrial communities.
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