Midterm elections 2018: what happens if trump wins the election?

Midterm election fever has gripped the US for the past few months, as the Democrats and Republicans tirelessly campaign for voters. Today the results of that canvassing will be revealed as

voters take to the polls and decide who to elect in the House and Senate. All 435 seats in the House of Representatives are up for election, as well as 33 out of 100 seats in the Senate,

plus two in special elections. Both President Trump and former President Barack Obama have been campaigning for their respective parties at rallies in recent days. WHAT HAPPENS IN PRESIDENT

TRUMP WINS THE ELECTION? A win for President Trump would be his party, the Republicans, taking the majority in the House of Representatives and Senate. This would be a ‘red wave’ and

according to the latest polls, is not likely to happen. Whilst the Republicans are likely to retain a majority in the Senate - 80.5 percent likely according to polling site FiveThirtyEight -

their chance of doing so in the House is not so positive. FOLLOW OUR LIVE BLOG FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS HERE According to FiveThirtyEight, the Republicans only have a

12 percent chance of keeping control in the House of Representatives. However, should Trump’s party take control of both - the rest of his Presidency will be fairly smooth sailing. The

House and Senate together agree on laws, known as bills, in order to bring them into action. Read More: What will happen if the Democrats win the House or Senate? With both sides a

Republican majority, Trump would have no opposition to his bills. However, if the House is Democrat and Senate Republican, the President would find his power significantly lessened. Both the

Senate and House must agree on identical documents for bills to be passed. Should a ‘blue wave’ happen and Democrats seize control of both the Senate and the House, Trump may face an

uncertain future for the rest of his Presidency. Read More: Midterm elections Georgia polls 2018: Who will win in Georgia? Senators have the power to decide on major presidential

appointments, and also should an impeachment trial come to pass it occurs in the Senate. As well as this, treaties with other nations must be agreed by two-thirds of the Senate. With growing

anger at how the President has reacted to high profile, violent incidents - the outcome of today’s vote may not be in his favour. A number of high profile critics of the President were last

week sent suspicious packages, some of which contained improvised explosive devices. Luckily these were intercepted and did not cause any damage. The President's reaction via Twitter

to the suspicious mail provoked upset as he blamed the packages for slowing downvotes for his party rather than focusing on the threat they posed. He tweeted: “Republicans are doing so well

in early voting, and at the polls, and now this ‘Bomb’ stuff happens and the momentum greatly slows – news not talking politics. “Very unfortunate what is going on. Republicans, go out and

vote!”