English · Bac pro · B1, with an entry level · adapted version
Session 9: The results of the 3 November 2026 midterms
Read one step, do it, then move on. Answers are hidden: click to check.
Teacher note
Students find and enter the results themselves. This page deliberately gives no result figures: no seats, no winners. The only figures given are facts known before the vote: the majorities (218 in the House, 51 in the Senate) and the date of the new Congress (3 January 2027). Counting can take several days and some races are decided later, so accept any figure given with a reliable source and a date and time. The answer keys explain the method, never the figures. Check the reading of the majority, the past simple and the comparatives.
Start · step one
Recap check
Recap check: session 8
How many electors are there, and how many electoral votes does a candidate need to become president?
How many voting members are there in the House? How many seats make a majority?
How many senators are there? How many seats make a majority?
In your final task, what did you explain to your French colleague?
Answer key
538 electors; 270 electoral votes to win.
435; 218 seats make a majority.
100 senators; 51 seats make a majority (or 50 + the Vice President, who breaks a tie).
How a party chooses its candidate, the Electoral College, Congress and what the midterms decide.
Start · step two
What we need to say
Today you need to find the results of the midterms and say who won.
Important
You find the results yourself. This page gives no result figures on purpose: you look them up on reliable websites, you write them in the table, and you say where they come from and when.
Words · step one
Words to say it
Word
Meaning
Example
to win, won, won
to get the most votes
The Republicans won the House in 1994.
to lose, lost, lost
not to win; to have fewer
A party can lose seats in a midterm.
to gain, gained
to get more (seats)
The Democrats gained seats in 2018.
to flip a seat
to win a seat from the other party
The party flipped a seat in Arizona.
to call a race
to declare a winner when enough votes are counted
AP called the race at midnight.
Read and look · step one
Where to look
Choose one card. Ask your teacher if you need help.