Voters dissatisfied with country's direction head to polls to decide control of Congress

Americans weary of inflation and crime and unmistakably unhappy with the direction of their country went to the polls Tuesday to decide control of Congress and several marquee governor's mansions in an election certain to have a profound impact on President Joe Biden and his liberal Democrat agenda.
 

The 46th president clearly understood the stakes in his final campaign rally of the midterms in Maryland on Monday. “It’s going to shape what the next couple decades look like,” Biden said of Tuesday's election.

With polls showing 81% of Americans dissatisfied with the direction of the country, Republicans from former President Donald Trump on down implored voters to change course and create a divided government in Washington by firing Democrats currently in control of the White House, Senate, House and several large statehouses.