Donald Trump casts his vote as Americans head to the polls on Election Day

FORMER President of the United States, Donald Trump casts his vote as Americans head to the polls on Election Day.

Americans head to the polls in an election that will determine the level of support his successor Joe Biden has on Capitol Hill and reveal the extent of the former president's influence on his party and voters.

With control of Congress hanging in the balance, tight races all over the country are being closely watched in Tuesday's midterm elections. The results will determine whether Democrats lose control of Congress, and with it the ability to push forward on President Joe Biden's agenda in the next two years.

The party that controls the White House typically loses seats in midterm elections, and nonpartisan forecasts suggest Tuesday's results will be no exception, as concerns about high inflation and crime outweigh the end of national abortion rights and the violence of the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol in voters' minds.