The American mid-term election of Tuesday, 6 November 2018, has come and gone. What happens next? First, what are the ‘mid-terms?’ They are the elections which happen in the ‘middle’ of the President’s four year term. It is where all 435 congressmen/women of the House of Representatives and one-third of the 100 senators are up for election or re-election. Also, 34 out of 50 states elect or re-electing their governors. So, there are elections every two years and the presidential election every four years. Thus one person who is not on the ballot during a mid-term election is the US President. Yet, many consider the mid-term a national referendum on the President’s performance. The ‘mid-terms of 2018’ have attracted more interest than usual. Normally, voter turn out is low in the ‘off election’ but this one is different. Early voting was high and the voter participation on the day appears to have been higher than usual. Unsurprisingly, US President Donald Trump does ...
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