New York

Voters cast their ballots during the midterm elections at a polling station in the City Hall of San Francisco, the United States, Nov. 2, 2010. [Liu Yilin/Xinhua]

In New York City, voters also arrived early to cast their votes.

U.S. mid-term elections

Sascha Segan reflected the opinion of many who believe that some candidates have voiced messages that were too harsh toward Democrats.

"Their attacks to the Democrats' policies were stupid and short- sighted," he said of Republicans.

Alva Rogers, a fiction writer in New York, said Obama is not to blame for U.S. economic woes.

"He didn't create the economic problems. It is part of the global economic crisis," she said, echoing the sentiments of many who say that Obama inherited an economic mess from the previous administration. 

People fill in their ballots at a polling station in Manhattan of New York, the United States, Nov. 2, 2010, the U.S. Midterm Election Day. [Shen Hong/Xinhua]