Tight margins as many votes are still uncounted but surge for Trump's Republican Party has yet to materialise

The expected surge of support towards Donald Trump’s Republican Party has yet to materialise with many votes still uncounted.

His party had anticipated taking majority control of Congress, making it difficult for President Joe Biden to govern, but the election lies in the balance.

The Republicans should make the required five gains to seize majority control of the House of Representatives, but Democrat fears of a wipe out have been averted.

Trump claims ‘unfairness’ in key state – US midterms latest

Pre-election polling, pointing to 30 to 35 seats changing hands, led some commentators to contemplate the possibility of a “wave” election with the Democrats losing upwards of 40 seats. The average over the past century is a loss of 28 seats for the president’s party at the midterm and the Democrats may well avoid even that outcome.

The Republican vote is up compared with the presidential election two years ago, but the swing since then is a modest two or three percent, which…