Polls close in various states at various times – the first key races will begin reporting estimated partial results at 6 p.m. ET, in Kentucky and Indiana, and the several Congressional swing races in California won’t arrive to East Coast viewers until 11 p.m., give or take a month or so. (They count ballots very slowly there.) What I suggest, very strongly, is to settle on your cable news network of choice at 6 p.m. ET – whether it be Fox News, CNN or MSNBC – spend 10 minutes there, then flip to a competitor. That way, you’ll get a full spectrum of perspectives and good news/bad news, whatever your political affiliation. And by reading the body language and expressions of the anchors, who have access to some early data they can’t report until polls close, you might catch glimpses of upsets to come. For the second wave, the major broadcast network news operations chime in with full-time specials in prime time. At 8 p.m. there’s the start of ABC News Midterm Election and PBS NewsHour Election Night, followed at 9 p.m. ET by CBS News: Campaign 2018 and NBC News Special: The Vote. Through the night, rely upon, and keep returning to, your favorite source – but keep channel surfing. And please, please, please: VOTE.