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BY Jennifer Mattson

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The midterm elections have the potential to upend everything from politics, to business, to the stock market. But the person most impacted by Tuesday’s results could be President Donald Trump and determine the course of his final two years in office.

On the political front, the battle to control Congress remains front and center with a number of seats in play, including 435 in the U.S. House of Representatives and 35 in the U.S. Senate.

At issue, whether Democrats will gain control of the House of Representatives, or, even, the Senate—effectively breaking the Trump administration and Republicans’ stronghold over Congress.

“The midterms matter in general because they determine whether there is alignment between the executive and the legislative branches,” Harvard Business School professor Vincent Pons said in an interview earlier this year. “Oftentimes, voters vote against the party of the president.…