More Than 57 Million Americans Have Already Voted. Tuesday Is Your Turn.

Election Day is Tuesday. The models say one thing, the President says another, and neither counts a single ballot. Only you do.

By Clara Hughes

By the time polls open on Tuesday, more than 57 million Americans will already have cast their ballots, according to the University of Florida Election Lab figures cited by CBS News. That is an enormous number. It is also not enough to decide anything. Midterms are won and lost by the people who wait until Election Day — and by the people who mean to vote and then don't. If you are a conservative reader who has been telling yourself the outcome is already baked, this column is for you. It isn't baked. Nothing is counted until it is counted. Keep reading with Altas Premium. Below: the hard math of the Senate and House maps on election eve, what the forecasters are actually saying (and why a model is not a result), and the five things every patriot should do before the polls close. [Subscribe to Altas World News →] The map,