A coordinated effort by multiple major news organizations is underway to provide comprehensive coverage of the upcoming 2026 midterm elections, including live updates, analysis, and fact-checking. Leading outlets such as AP, NBC, ABC, and others are offering real-time election results, while PolitiFact will deliver live fact-checking on election day. An Ask Me Anything session with representatives from six newsrooms will take place the following day, allowing the public to submit questions in advance. Live election night coverage will be available through various streaming platforms, including YouTube and C-SPAN, with analysis and race tracking beginning in the early evening.
Please use this thread to discuss news, updates, and commentary regarding the 2026 midterms and associated elections. You can find r/politics' list of rules here. Election News and Updates Live update pages for Election Day are being provided by: AP, NBC, ABC, VoteBeat, Al Jazeera, The Washington Post (metered paywall), The New York Times (metered paywall), CBS, BBC (metered paywall), and CNN (metered paywall). PolitiFact is providing live fact checking on election day VoteBeat: When to expect the results of the 2026 election Other Event Threads Yahoo News, USA Today, Politico, The Washington Post, NBC, and Reuters: We are six newsrooms covering the 2026 midterm elections. We’ll be doing an AMA here tomorrow from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. ET. Ask us anything. You can get your questions in early on this post. Streaming Links (All stream start times in US Eastern) NBC via YouTube: Steve Kornacki Analyzes 2026 Midterm Election Results (5 p.m.) CBS via YouTube: Tracking the 2026 midterm races that will decide the control of Congress PBS NewsHour via YouTube: Election 2026 PBS News special coverage (6 p.m.) (Link with ASL interpretation) C-SPAN: Election Night Live (6 p.m.) The Downballot, Strength In Numbers, and FiftyPlusOne via YouTube: Election Night Live Stream (6:45 p.m.) Past Threads: Thread 1, Thread 2, Thread 3, Thread 4, Thread 5, Thread 6 Thread 7, Thread 8, Thread 9, Thread 10, Thread 11, Thread 12, Thread 13, Thread 14, Thread 15 Results Nationally-oriented results pages are being maintained by: AP, NBC, and The Guardian submitted by /u/PoliticsModeratorBot [link] [comments]
