With five days to go before the United States midterms , Democrats are ahead in national polls, but several Senate races remain close.

President Donald Trump, former President Barack Obama and Vice President JD Vance were out campaigning on Wednesday in Ohio, Georgia and North Carolina, as both parties fight for control of Congress.

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Here’s what to know:

What do the latest polls say about the US midterms?

Democrats lead Republicans by 51.4 percent to 43.2 percent, a gap of 8.2 percentage points, according to RealClearPolling’s national polling average.

But the national lead is not reflected in every Senate race.

In Texas, where Democrats haven’t won a Senate election since 1988, Democrat James Talarico leads Republican Ken Paxton…