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Election results may takes weeks or months to be “decided”

Though Election Day is just days away, it may take Americans up to a month to know which party will be in control of the United States Congress.

All 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives are up for grabs on Tuesday, as are 35 U.S. Senate seats and 36 governorships.

Republicans would need to pick up five seats to take a majority in the House and just one to control the Senate. Nonpartisan election forecasters and polls suggest Republicans have a very strong chance of winning a House majority, with control of the Senate likely to be closer fought as voters say they are most concerned about the economy.

 A massive wave of Republican support could lead to declarations of victory hours after polls close.

But with dozens of races expected to be close and key states like Pennsylvania already warning it could take days to count every ballot, experts say there's a good chance Americans go to bed on election night without knowing who won.

'When it comes to knowing the results, we should move away from talking about Election Day and think instead about election week,' said Nathan Gonzales, who publishes the nonpartisan newsletter Inside Elections.

No other country I know of needs weeks to determine the winner of it elections, but then, the American Democratic Party doesn’t run them. No doubt Schumer et al would like to adopt the Chinese and Russian systems, where the results are known beforehand and announced the minute the polls close.