Dutch news organisations are carrying live coverage of the US midterm elections, with AD.nl publishing a results page where readers can follow the outcomes as they come in. The first counts were expected around midnight, according to NOS, which also reported isolated problems with voting machines.
NU reported that voters used their ballots to express dissatisfaction with Trump, framing the midterms as a signal of discontent with the president. De Telegraaf said the first results were arriving slowly and that Trump was following the elections with a small group of people.
Turnout drew attention in Alaska, where de Volkskrant reported that more ballots had already been cast than in most other midterm elections. The outlets' coverage points to a night of gradual counting rather than a single early verdict, with results emerging piece by piece.
The reporting summarised here does not include seat projections, vote shares or specific races, and none should be inferred from it. What the Dutch outlets describe is a picture still forming: partial returns, a handful of technical issues at polling places, and a president watching the outcome closely.
Attention now turns to the remaining counts and whether the dissatisfaction NU describes translates into a measurable shift in the balance of power.
