Parties Scramble for Votes in America’s Midterm Elections

 President Barack Obama

Adeola Akinremi in Kentucky, United States

Ahead of Tuesday’s mid-term elections in which the ruling party is expected to lose the control of American Senate according to several Gallup polls, the two major parties in the election, the Democratic Party (Democrats) and the Republican Party commonly refers to as GOP are making their final pleas to voters in states that could spring surprises on November 4.

The 10 competitive states where Senate races are too close among the contenders include: Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina and New Hampshire.

Except for Iowa’s open seat, each race features a Democratic incumbent running for re-election.

Democrats, with a very narrow path to hold their majority, are fighting to hold the line, working to pick off Republican seats in Georgia and Kentucky.

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