WATCH: State of the race with 4 days until midterm vote

Nearly 45 million people have already turned out to vote, and those early voting numbers have surpassed where the numbers were at this point in the 2022 midterm election.

Voters in more than three dozen states across the country will determine the fate of nearly 150 ballot measures on Election Day that will shape local policy on a wide range of issues. NBC News’ Sahil Kapur breaks down some of the key measures.

If a red-state firewall is going to save the Republican Senate majority, the polls aren’t showing it yet, just four days out from Tuesday’s midterm elections. The RealClearPolitics polling averages showed Democrats leading in six of eight toss-up Senate races as of Thursday night.

It isn’t just Congress that’s up for grabs during the midterm elections. On Tuesday, voters will decide more than 140 proposed measures that could have enormous impact on contested issues such as election security, taxpayer-funded diversity trainings, voting rights for felons, and…