Today on Velschia, we're less than 60 hours away from the first poll closings of the 22 midterms.

We're going to have brand new polling for you, the last NBC News poll of the election cycle at 9 a.m. Eastern Sharp.

Plus, can abortion rights forces defeat a ballot measure designed to seal Kentucky's fate as an abortion-free state.

The woman who ran the campaign to save abortion in Kansas is on the case in Kentucky now, too.

We'll talk to her later this hour.

Then it's not something you'd usually need to do to prepare for Election Day,

but this year I think a lesson on the history and meaning of gaslighting is in order.

That's coming up. Velshi starts now.

And good morning to you. It is Sunday, November the 6th. I'm Ali Velshi. We're just two days away

from Election Day in the first results of the

2022 midterms. This year's elections will determine how the balance of power will shift in Congress

and state leaderships across the country, which is going to lay the groundwork and have crucial

implications for the 2024 elections and beyond. Historically, in a midterm, the sitting president's

party almost always loses

seats in Congress. That's a pattern Democrats are looking to break, but it may be difficult

considering their slim majorities in both chambers of Congress. Republicans need a total of

218 seats to take control of the House. As things stand right now, according to the Cook

Political Report,

212 seats are at least leaning in Republicans' favor with 35 additional seats considered toss-ups.

Meanwhile, the Democrats can't really afford to lose a single seat in the evenly divided Senate,

and it's looking like control of the Senate will be determined by how a handful of highly competitive races shake out. We're in an existential moment for American democracy right now. A majority of Republicans

on the ballot this year, 291 candidates have questioned, denied, or lied about the legitimacy of the

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