WASHINGTON (The Thursday Times) — Mangal ko poore United States mein midterm elections ke liye polling shuru hui, jin mein 5 crore 40 lakh se zyada log pehle hi vote daal chuke hain. Yeh elections Congress ka control tai karenge aur Donald Trump ki doosri muddat ke do saal poore hone par un ki maqbooliyat ka imtihan hon ge.
Voting Vermont mein shuru hui, jis ke baad New Jersey, Virginia, Connecticut aur Kentucky mein bhi shuru hui. House of Representatives ki tamam 435 seats, 35 Senate seats aur 36 governors ke ohde ballot par hain. Hamara results card jaise jaise muqablon ke nateeje ka elan hota jayega, update hota rahega.
Early vote pehle hi pichhle midterm mein daale gaye tamam ballots ka taqreeban aadha ho chuka hai. Dastiyab data ke mutabiq early voters mein Democrats ko double-digit bartari hasil hai, lekin us se final nateeje ke bare mein zyada kuch pata nahin chalta, kyunke Republicans ki ghalib aksariyat election day par khud aa kar vote daalti hai. Bohat kuch is par munhasir hai ke aaj un mein se kitne log vote daalne nikalte hain.
Democrats ko control hasil karne ke liye House ki 3 seats aur Senate ki 4 seats palatni hongi. Zyadatar tajziya nigar House mein unhein tarjeeh dete hain aur Senate ko kahin kam yaqeeni dekhte hain, lekin yeh mehz peshgoiyan hain, aur abhi tak kisi vote ki ginti nahin hui.
Voters sab se zyada mehngai se pareshan rahe hain. February mein Iran ke saath jang shuru hone se pehle diesel $3.75 fi gallon tha, jo September mein record $6.52 tak pahunch gaya. Aakhri polls ne Trump ki approval taqreeban 38% batayi, magar aik poll mein yeh bhi samne aaya ke sirf 29% voters Democratic Party ke bare mein musbat raye rakhte hain.
Trump, jo ballot par nahin hain, ne hamayatiyon se kaha hai ke woh "farz karein, baraye meherbani, ke main ballot par hoon". Peer ko Washington mein Reflecting Pool par apni muhim ka ikhtitam karte hue unhon ne kaha ke Republicans ne "is par bohat mazboot koshish ki". Unhon ne wada kiya hai ke agar Democrats jeet gaye toh woh Mr Veto banenge.
Yeh vote US officials ke is bayan ke chand ghante baad ho raha hai ke American forces ne Iran ke Qeshm Island par hamla kiya, aur Supreme Court ke California mein ballots mansookh karne ki koshish mustarad kar dene ke baad bhi.
Pehle polls Eastern time ke mutabiq shaam 6 baje, yaani Pakistan mein Budh ki subah 4 baje, Kentucky aur Indiana ke kuch hisson mein band honge. Aakhri nateeje aane mein kahin zyada waqt lag sakta hai, kyunke bohat se kaante ke muqablon mein ginti kai din tak jari rehne ki tawaqqo hai.
