Tomorrow, voters head to the polls. In this special midterm election newsletter, we present stories about who votes, how they may vote and about those denied the right to vote.

While 42 percent of Americans say they consider themselves independents – not Democrats or Republicans – University of Dayton political scientist Christopher Devine says the majority actually lean toward one of the major political parties. Which way Arizona independents lean will be decisive in the tight race to replace Sen. Jeff Flake, writes ASU politics scholar Gina Woodall. Another group that has potential to shift the outcome of races: undergraduates. Nancy Thomas, of Tufts University, predicts a high turnout among the nation’s 20 million college students – usually reluctant voters.

As sexual assault accusations dogged the president, pundits predicted widespread defections by GOP women. But Rochester Institute of Technology scholars Christine A. Kray, Hinda Mandell and Tamar Carroll write that they believe GOP women will stand by their party. White evangelicals account for the largest religious group in some of the states hosting the most competitive races. University of Maryland professor of American Studies Janelle Wong asks how evangelicals will vote on some of the bitterly contested issues of the campaign.

And finally, almost every day brings news of attempts to suppress the African-American vote in Georgia. The fight, notes Morehouse College historian Frederick Knight, is hardly a new one.