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DEVELOPING · 26 OCT → 1 NOV 2026 · 7 EDITIONS · 57 OUTLETS

U.S. midterms put Congress, campaign spending and markets in focus

How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.

OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN

0 28 57 27 Oct 28 Oct 29 Oct 30 Oct 31 Oct 1 Nov 30 Oct 12:19 UTC · Markets prepare as U.S. midterms approach 30 Oct 18:26 UTC · Markets prepare for possible Democratic gains in U.S. midterm elections 31 Oct 00:13 UTC · Markets prepare for possible Democratic gains in U.S. midterm elections 31 Oct 06:12 UTC · Wall Street Prepares for Possible Democratic Gains in U.S. Midterms 31 Oct 18:14 UTC · U.S. midterms put Congress, campaign spending and markets in focus

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 4 HEADLINES

  1. 30 Oct, 12:19 UTC

    Markets prepare as U.S. midterms approach

  2. 30 Oct, 18:26 UTC

    Markets prepare for possible Democratic gains in U.S. midterm elections

  3. 31 Oct, 06:12 UTC

    Wall Street Prepares for Possible Democratic Gains in U.S. Midterms

  4. 31 Oct, 18:14 UTC

    U.S. midterms put Congress, campaign spending and markets in focus

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Donald Trump · 2 outlets
  • Election Day · 2 outlets

Entered the story later

  • Nothing new took hold after the first third.

Figures reported with different numbers

  • seats being: 100 (1 from 26 Oct 18:00) → 33 (1 from 26 Oct 18:00) → 35 (1 from 26 Oct 18:00)

Matched by pattern, not read: a different number can be a correction, a rising count, or two different counts.