midterm election

Examples of midterm election in the following topics:

• The 2010 Elections

  • The 2010 midterm elections, for national, state, and local governments, resulted in an overwhelming victory for the Republican Party.
  • The 2010 midterm elections on November 2, 2010 filled 435 seats in the U.S.
  • However, voter turnout was still slightly higher than the last midterm elections in 2006 and more states gained than lost voters.
  • The Republican victories during the 2010 midterm elections can be attributed to a number of factors.
  • Secondly, public trust in Congress had diminished with a series of scandals in which Democratic Representatives Charlie Rangel and Maxine Waters, along with Republican Senator John Ensign, were accused of unethical and/or illegal conduct prior to the midterm elections.

• The Modern Era of Political Parties

  • One of these two parties has won every United States presidential election since 1852 and has controlled the United States Congress since at least 1856.
  • The current President of the United States, Barack Obama, is the 15th Democrat to hold the office, and since the 2006 midterm elections, the Democratic Party has held a majority in the United States Senate.
  • The party's nominee for President of the United States in the 2012 presidential election is former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney.
  • Since the 2010 midterm elections, the Republicans have held a majority in the United States House of Representatives.
  • The 2008 elections, while won by a Democrat, reflect the relatively even divide in the United States between the Republican and Democratic Parties.

• Party Organization

  • The president of the United States, Barack Obama, is the 15th Democrat to hold the office, and since the 2006 midterm elections, the Democratic Party is the majority party for the United States Senate.
  • Several third parties also operate in the United States and from time to time, elect someone to local office.
  • These two parties have won every United States presidential election since 1852 and have controlled the United States Congress since at least 1856.
  • The Democratic Party, since the division of the Republican Party in the election of 1912, has positioned itself as progressive and supporting labor in economic as well as social matters.
  • The president of the United States, Barack Obama, is the fifteenth Democrat to hold the office, and since the 2006 midterm elections, the Democratic Party is the majority party for the United States Senate.

• Voting as Political Participation

  • How many people actually participate in elections often depends on the type of election.
  • A large number of elections are held in the United States every year, including local elections, elections for county and statewide offices, primaries, and general elections.
  • Midterm elections, in which members of Congress run for office in nonpresidential-election years, normally draw about one-third of eligible voters.
  • Young voters are less likely to turn out in midterm elections than older citizens.
  • Turnout in presidential elections in the 1960s was over 60 percent.

• Socioeconomic Factors

  • Meanwhile, those who rely the most on government programs and policies, such as recipients of public assistance, often have fewer opportunities to participate and are less engaged with the process of electing representatives.
  • Eighty-three percent of people with a graduate school education voted in the 2008 presidential election.
  • The 2010 midterm elections were decided primarily by people with at least some college experience.
  • The unemployed are the least inclined to participate in politics through voting, however, because they may rely on governmental services to survive, they are frequently among those most immediately affected by the outcome of elections.
  • Those with high educational attainment are more likely to vote in elections than those with little education.

• Regulating Campaign Finance

  • In 2008—the last presidential election year—candidates for office, political parties, and independent groups spent a total of $5.3 billion on federal elections.
  • In 2008—the last presidential election year—candidates for office, political parties, and independent groups spent a total of $5.3 billion on federal elections.
  • In the 2010 midterm election cycle, candidates for office, political parties, and independent groups spent a total of $3.6 billion on federal elections.
  • The grants for the major parties' conventions and general election nominees are adjusted each Presidential election year to account for increases in the cost of living.
  • Assess the origins, scope, and impact of money spent on election campaigns

• The Election Year Budget

  • Budget proposals during election years are usually politicized to gain votes and increase constituency support.
  • This budget was the first to be submitted after the Republican Revolution in the 1994 midterm elections.

• From Political Values to Ideology

  • The emergence of the Tea Party, a visible grassroots conservative movement that gained momentum during the 2010 midterm elections, illustrates how some Americans become mobilized in opposition to the "tax and spend" policies of big government.

• Candidates for Congressional Elections

  • Senators are elected by their state as a whole.
  • House elections are first-past-the-post elections that elect a Representative from each of 435 House districts which cover the United States.
  • House elections occur every two years, correlated with presidential elections or halfway through a President's term.
  • Typically, when a House election occurs in the same year as a presidential election, the party of the presidential winner will gain seats.
  • An increasing trend has been for incumbents to have an overwhelming advantage in House elections, and since the 1994 election, an unusually low number of seats has changed hands in each election.

• Types of Elections

  • In a parliamentary system, a general election is an election in which all or most members of a given political body are chosen .
  • The term is usually used to refer to elections held for a nation's primary legislative body, as distinguished from by-elections and local elections.
  • A by-election is an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly scheduled elections.
  • A primary election is an election that narrows the field of candidates before the general election.
  • Primary elections are one means by which a political party nominates candidates for the next general election.