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Schumer's "nauseously optimistic" mood meets Trump's confident election forecast

A South Korean report captures competing expectations before U.S. results, alongside voters' concerns about prices and Trump's leadership.

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0:24Polls close progressively across states; Alaska is among the last to finish voting.
1:30Shin identifies living costs and attitudes toward Trump as major factors shaping voters' choices.
2:04Voters describe economic frustration, discomfort with Trump-aligned Republicans and loyalty to conservative values.
2:44The report describes ballot-scanner problems and weather-related polling-place changes.
3:48Trump predicts better-than-expected results; Schumer subsequently describes Democrats as "nauseously optimistic."
4:56Shin presents a Harvard forecast favoring Democrats and considers the consequences for Trump's administration.

Chuck Schumer calls the Democrats' mood "nauseously optimistic." Donald Trump predicts results better than others expect. Neither statement is a result: this report captures the final hours of voting, before control of Congress is settled.

South Korea's 24-hour news channel YTN connects to Washington correspondent Shin Yoon-jeong for a look at the stakes, the voting timetable and the competing messages. The election is a midterm judgment on Trump's second presidency, with Democrats seeking to take control of both congressional chambers.

Trump, heard in a Fox News phone interview, says: "I think the results are going to be better than you think." Schumer, the Senate Democratic leader and a senator from New York, expresses confidence about his party's Senate prospects. Shin also describes a Harvard forecasting model favoring Democrats. Those are expectations presented in the report, not confirmed outcomes.

The voter interviews explain some of the pressures behind those forecasts. In Ohio, Karl Wright says higher prices and a lack of help for working people have made him want change. Maine voter Neil Jones says the Republican Party has become too closely identified with Trump for him to support its candidates comfortably. Texas voter Jean Williams offers a different priority: she identifies herself as conservative and Christian and says she chose a conservative candidate.

Shin identifies living costs, including fuel prices that she says rose after the Iran war, as a central issue. She reports queues at some battleground polling places before voting began.

The practical picture is uneven. According to the report, ballot-reading problems affected locations in New York and Florida, while heavy rain and flooding forced polling-place changes in several states. Voting was otherwise proceeding largely smoothly.

Shin explains that polls close progressively across America's time zones, with Alaska among the last to finish. She cautions that Senate control could take longer to establish than the House outcome because some states use election procedures, including ranked-choice voting, that can extend the count.

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