American voters have poured out across their bitterly divided country to deliver judgement on President Donald Trump in the polls.

Here’s the latest on the US midterm elections.

1:20pm (AEST)

More Beto news from Texas. According to CNN, out of more than four million votes counted, Mr O’Rourke is just 79 votes ahead.

1:05pm (AEST) 

Some voters in Tennessee were forced to cast the ballots in darkness after a power outage.

1:00pm (AEST) 

US website FiveThirtyEight is being far less kind to the Democrats now than yesterday (see below), giving them just a 56.1 per cent chance of taking the House. It’s still early in the counting though.

12:50pm (AEST) 

Voters in parts of Georgia have been forced to wait up to three hours to get to the ballot box and vote. Read SBS News’ report. 

12:40pm (AEST) 

The Democratic pickups in the House continue, with Donna Shalala wining a seat in Florida.

12:30pm (AEST)

Interesting news for those following the race between Beto O’Rourke and Ted Cruz in Texas: CNN has him ahead with 32 per cent of the vote counted.

12:10pm (AEST)

The top-trending search on Google today has been “dónde votar” – Spanish for “where to vote”. This could mean a large Latino turnout.

12:10pm (AEST)

There are reports of huge lines at polling places across the country.

12:05pm (AEST)

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11:55am (AEST)

Polls have now closed across the eastern states and early results (safe seats) are starting to come in.

The Democrats have also taken take their first House seat from Republicans.

11:35am (AEST)

Here’s SBS News’ guide to the midterms and why they matter. 

11:30am (AEST)

The final opinion poll analysis by US website FiveThirtyEight has Democrats to win the House and Republicans holding onto the Senate.

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Senate and House of Representatives

The House of Representatives

All 435 seats in the House of Representatives, 35 seats in the 100-member Senate and 36 governorships are up for grabs.

The Senate