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GMA's midterm map puts Kansas and Iowa under the spotlight

Rachel Scott explains the seats Democrats need to gain in each chamber, with close Senate contests extending into states Trump won heavily.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 47,147 views a day, 11 times a normal first day on this channel (4,199).

Midterm elections: State of play

Rachel Scott circles a Senate battleground map that stretches from Alaska to Maine, with Texas, Kansas, Iowa and Ohio in between. At Good Morning America's interactive board, the question is how Democrats could turn those contests into control of Congress.

Her breakdown in "Midterm elections: State of play" separates two different tasks. Democrats need to gain at least three House seats to reach a majority. In the Senate, they need a net gain of four seats, a path that takes the report into states Donald Trump won heavily in 2024.

Kansas and Iowa get a closer look, with Scott presenting battleground polls showing razor-thin margins. Those are snapshots of close contests, not election results. She then turns from polling to ballots already cast, reporting that nearly 50 million Americans have voted early.

The compact explainer has drawn about 36,000 views in fourteen hours, an unusually brisk start compared with GMA's usual first day for Shorts.

Anchor Whit closes with a reporting assignment of his own: he says he will be on a plane to Texas first thing the next morning, taking the coverage from Scott's map to one of the states she has highlighted.

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