US midterms: what Tuesday can change

Special Coverage: US midterms, what Tuesday can change. All 435 House seats, 35 Senate seats and 36 governorships are on Tuesday’s ballot; the presidency is not. We start from the concerns voters name, follow each one to the office that can act on it, and explain how counting, calls and recounts work so election night is easier to read. Fact and Assessment. Office of the Clerk

In this special edition

1. Must readYour concern. Who has the power? Housing, prices, healthcare, jobs, immigration, and rights and accountability, each traced to who controls it, what this election could change and how long effects might take. Most of these levers sit with states, the Fed or markets as much as with Congress. Assessment.#
2. Know itOur calls, scored after the count We put a Democratic House majority at 90% and Democratic Senate control at 70%, beside market and model readings. These are estimates, not projections, and they will be scored against the result. Forecast.#
3. Know itThe parties in their own words Republican and Democratic cases on affordability, health and immigration, in their leaders’ words, with nonpartisan checks beside each. Discourse.#
4. Know itRed Team / Blue Team: keep the filibuster? The case for the 60-vote rule and the case against it, argued from the Federalist Papers onward. Discourse.#
5. Know itThe view from elsewhere How seven outlets abroad are framing the vote. Discourse.#
6. ScanRead election night without getting misled Why early leads shift, what a race call is and isn’t, and what may still be unknown on Wednesday. For anything about voting or the count, your state or county election office is the authority. Fact.#

No party, candidate or vote is recommended. Our weekly edition follows on Saturday.