Trump questions midterm elections integrity after previously accepting results

In the Truth Social post, Trump made vague claims about polling, voting "dumps", and "machines" without providing specific evidence of what this referred to and whether he believed there had been error or wrongdoing.

The reporting of vote counts on election night proceeded as normal, according to Charles Stewart III, a political scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

"We saw across the nation the standard patterns we see in terms of when the votes are reported," he said.

Stewart added that in some states, like Florida and Georgia, some initial reporting of results happens quickly because they already have the results of early and mail ballots.