CBS projects Democratic House control as Senate results lean blue

Anthony Salvanto and Caitlin Huey-Burns examine the congressional results in an election-night update drawing an unusually large audience for Face the Nation.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 484,490 views a day, 33 times a normal first day on this channel (14,708).

Breaking News: Democrats projected to win House as Senate races tilt blue

A House projection is not a call on the whole of Congress. CBS News' election-night update, posted by Face the Nation, projects Democrats will win the House while describing Senate races as tilting blue, a distinction that leaves the two chambers at different stages of the results.

Anthony Salvanto, CBS News' executive director of elections and surveys, joins congressional correspondent Caitlin Huey-Burns to examine key contests as returns arrive. The stakes extend beyond which party holds the gavels: legislation generally needs approval from both chambers before reaching the president for a signature or veto.

The update drew about 190,000 views in its first six hours, far beyond the channel's usual opening-day audience for longer videos. It follows another unusually strong start for Face the Nation's Election Day reporting from Michigan, Texas and Georgia, featuring Aaron Navarro, Adriana Diaz and Skyler Henry.

The channel also posted Robert Costa's election-night conversation with Donald Trump. Its title gives the president's response to the prospect of Democratic control of Congress: he would be "Mr. Veto." That puts a practical question alongside the election calls: what could a Democratic Congress pass that the president would sign?

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The numbers

The House-projection update has already drawn substantially more views than a typical full first day for the channel's longer videos.

the video's first day

usual first day here

14,708

this video

484,490

subscribers

825,000

▲ 1,000 in the last 7 days

total views

484,860,720

views per day

250,849

typical day: 295,595

the video

views

192,258

likes

696

comments

0

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

NPR

915,000

BBC Politics

903,000

Radio Free Europe/Radio L…

878,000

A Current Affair

838,000

Face the Nation

825,000

The Daily Beast

741,000

As of November 4, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

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