When will the 2026 midterm election results be known, according to Harry Enten?

Harry Enten said that if the final polls are right, the 2026 midterms may be an early night rather than a multi-day count, with the direction likely clear by 2 or 3 a.m. Eastern. The exceptions would be a close race in Alaska, where ranked-choice tabulation is slow, a tight race in Maine that runs into Wednesday, or late vote drops from Detroit in Michigan. He expects Ohio and North Carolina to give early signals.

• Enten expects a lower share of mail voting because Democrats worried about new rules may choose to vote in person.
• Enten said early-vote data has shown nothing inconsistent with the polls, but warned people see what they want in it.

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“I think 2, 3 a.m., we will very likely know what is going on.” Harry Enten · at 57:39 — open in the transcript →

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