CBC's Senate board reaches 51, completing Democrats' congressional sweep

The National's breaking-news segment traces the Senate gains through the Carolinas, Ohio, Texas, Kansas and Iowa.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 365,201 views a day, 27 times a normal first day on this channel (13,643).

Democrats complete U.S. midterms victory by retaking Senate

Adrienne Arsenault announces that American networks are ready to project Senate control, then delivers the call: "And that projection is that the Democrats will take control of the U.S. Senate."

The result completes the party's capture of both chambers of Congress. CBC News: The National's short breaking-news segment drew roughly 360,000 views in its first 23 hours, far beyond the channel's usual start for a Short.

At the studio's digital board, the projected Democratic tally has reached 51 seats. The presenter works through the Republican-held seats that changed hands, moving from Roy Cooper's North Carolina victory to Annie Andrews in South Carolina and Sherrod Brown in Ohio, where the seat previously belonged to JD Vance.

Texas supplies a historic marker: James Talarico's defeat of Ken Paxton gives Democrats their first Senate victory in the state since 1988. Adam Hamilton's Kansas win and Josh Turek's Iowa victory round out the board's account of the gains.

The channel's earlier coverage asked what the election could mean for Canadian trade. Its follow-up, "Democrats take U.S. Congress. What happens now?", turns from the results to the consequences, with Arsenault asking political insiders about the challenges facing both parties.

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The numbers

The Senate projection drew more than twenty times The National's usual first-day views for a Short. Across the channel, daily views were also more than triple their usual level.

the video's first day

usual first day here

13,643

this video

365,201

subscribers

2,210,000

▲ 10,000 in the last 7 days

total views

1,595,464,524

views per day

2,812,584

typical day: 850,942

the video

views

360,409

likes

1,172

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

7NEWS Australia

2,270,000

BBC World Service

2,260,000

CBC News: The National

2,210,000

GBNews

2,200,000

AccuWeather

2,180,000

Localish

2,170,000

As of November 5, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.