--- description: As America goes to the polls, the most interesting or surprising scenes during midterm elections aren't on the campaign trail - but in the polling places. title: See Where America Votes image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbf029cac97a5a87c/6987641e428a9e4f64cc4df8/election-midterm-vote-polling-station-1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [2014 Election](/tag/2014-election/) ## 2014 Election Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # See Where America Votes by [TIME Photo](/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 4, 2014 9:50 PM CUT  Sandy Anderson votes at Oakton Ice Arena in Park Ridge, Ill. on Nov. 4, 2014. Sandy Anderson votes at Oakton Ice Arena in Park Ridge, Ill. on Nov. 4, 2014.Brian Kersey—Getty Images by [TIME Photo](/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 4, 2014 9:50 PM CUT  Salvador Ponce, 73, leaves after casting his ballot at a polling place set up in the playground of a McDonald's restaurant in Los Angeles on Nov. 4, 2014. Jae C. Hong—AP  People vote at the polling place in Krishna Temple in Salt Lake City on Nov. 4, 2014. Rick Bowmer—AP  A woman votes at a polling station inside a local grocery store in National City, Calif. on Nov. 4, 2014. Mike Blake—Reuters  A voter works on his ballot at First Class Barber Shop in Chicago on Nov. 4, 2014. Brian Kersey—Getty Images  Sandy Anderson votes at Oakton Ice Arena in Park Ridge, Ill. on Nov. 4, 2014. Brian Kersey—Getty Images  Voter Larry Levatte casts his ballot inside the old Hoggards Mill Courthouse of Baker County in Newton, Ga. on Nov. 4, 2014. David Goldman—AP  Deborah Brown, 60, emerges from the voting booth after casting her ballot at the West Philadelphia YMCA in Philadelphia on Nov. 4, 2014. MARK MAKELA—REUTERS  A voter leaves his booth as election workers GayLee Erickson, left, and Debbie Redmond, second from left, confer at the Valley Bible Chalet, in Indian, Alaska on Nov. 4, 2014. Ted S. Warren—AP  Poll worker Maria Soroka finishes setting up a polling station in a garage before polls open in San Diego on Nov. 4, 2014. Gregory Bull—AP  A voter casts her ballot at a fire station in Climax, N.C. on Nov. 4, 2014. Alex Wong—Getty Images  A voter looks over her ballot for the U.S. midterm elections at a laundromat used as a polling station in Chicago on Nov. 4, 2014. Jim Young—Reuters  A woman fills out her ballot at a polling place at a swimming pool in Los Angeles on Nov. 4, 2014. LUCY NICHOLSON—REUTERS  Voters fill out their ballots in a gym on election day at St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Church in Albany, N.Y. on Nov. 4. Mike Groll—AP  Voters fill in their ballots at a polling place located in Shoaf's Wagon Wheel in Salisbury, N.C. on Nov. 4, 2014. CHRIS KEANE—REUTERS  Residents cast their votes at a polling place in Ferguson, Mo. on Nov. 4, 2014. Scott Olson—Getty Images  A voter drops her election ballot at one of many ballot drop boxes in the Arvada suburb of Denver on Nov. 4, 2014. BOB PEARSON—EPA  A voter enters the voting booth at Bishop Leo E. O'Neil Youth Center in Manchester, N.H. on Nov. 4, 2014. Darren McCollester—Getty Images  A voter leaves the Valley Bible Chalet polling location in Indian, Alaska on Nov. 4, 2014. Ted S. 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