midterm elections
Legislature's interim vote
Midterm elections are U.S. federal elections held halfway through a president's four-year term.
All House seats and roughly a third of Senate seats are contested.
Midterms often function as a referendum on the sitting president, and the president's party historically loses seats: Democrats got crushed in the midterms.
Turnout typically falls well below presidential election years.
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- voter turnoutShare of eligible citizens voting
- get out the voteEffort to boost turnout
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