MIDTERM ELECTIONS OF THE UNITED STATES:SOME FACTS.🗽
Midterm elections historically generate lower voter turnout than presidential elections. While the latter have had turnouts of about 50–60% over the past 60 years, only about 40% of those eligible to vote go to the polls in midterm elections.[2][3] Historically, midterm elections often see the president’s party lose seats in Congress, and also frequently see the president’s opposite-party opponents gain control of one or both houses of Congress.
U.S. voters are casting early ballots in the midterm elections that will determine control of the House and Senate, as candidates try to muster last-minute support.
Democrats are trying to cling to their majorities in Congress for the final two years of President Joe Biden’s first term. Republicans are favored to win control of the House, while the race for Senate control appears tight.
Trump suggests he will launch his 2024 presidential campaign a week after the midterms
Trump would also enter the race with more than $60 million in cash held by his leadership PAC, Save America, and a prodigious small dollar fundraising operation that vacuums up online donations from the Republican base.
A Trump spokesman did not respond to a request from CNBC to confirm that his Nov. 15 event will be a campaign launch.
As Trump inches closer to formally kicking off the 2024 presidential race, polls show he enjoys
Former President Donald Trump said he will make a “big announcement” on Nov. 15 at his Mar-a-Lago resort, where he is widely expected to launch his 2024 presidential campaign.
“I’m going to be making a very big announcement on Tuesday, Nov. 15 at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida,” Trump said at a Save America rally in Vandalia, Ohio on the eve of the midterm elections.
Trump is eager to jumpstart his third run for president, and staffing conversations have ramped up significantly in recent weeks. An
What are the midterms and who’s being elected?
These elections are for Congress, which is made up of two parts – the House of Representatives and the Senate.
These votes are held every two years and when they fall in the middle of the president’s four-year term of office, they are called the midterms.
Congress makes nationwide laws. The House decides which laws are voted on while the Senate can block or approve them, confirm appointments made by the president and, more rarely, conduct any investigations against him.
Each state has two senators, who sit for six-year terms. Representatives serve for two years, and represent smaller districts.
In the Senate, it now looks like four of the 35 seats being contested realistically could go either way. The pivotal races here are in Nevada, Arizona, Georgia and Pennsylvania.
With so many races expected to be very close, it could take days before we have the final results.
All the seats in the House of Representatives are up for election in November, alongside one-third of the Senate.
Several major states also have elections for their governor and local officials.
What Are Midterm Elections, Why Are They Important?
U.S. presidential elections are big news worldwide every four years. But what happens in the midterm elections — so called because they come nearly two years into a president’s term — can have just as big an impact on the direction of the country.
Most of the attention of midterm elections is focused on the two chambers of Congress: the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives. Members of the House are elected for two-year terms, so all 435 seats are decided during the midterm elections.
The majority party determines who leads important congressional committees. A president’s ability to accomplish his agenda has everything to do with whether his party controls the two houses of Congress, says Nordlinger.
