Midterm Election, An election held in the middle of a president’s four-year term to elect Congress people, House of Representatives, The lower chamber of U.S. Congress where representation is based on state population. All 435 seats are up for election every two years, Senate, The upper chamber of U.S. Congress, with 100 members (two per state) serving six-year terms. About one-third of seats are up in any midterm election., Ballot, A physical paper or electronic document used to record a voter's choice in an election, Absentee / Mail-in Ballot, A document submitted by mail in advance by someone who cannot or chooses not to vote in person on Election Day, Polling Station, The physical location where citizens go to cast their vote, Voter Turnout, the percentage or number of people who actually go and vote, Campaign, An organized series of activities by candidates to persuade citizens to vote for them, Platform, A political party's or candidate's formal statement of core goals, values, and policy proposals, Swing State / Battleground State, A U.S. state where political support is divided so evenly that either major party could win, Legislative Branch, branch of the U.S. government which makes federal laws; Congress, Executive Branch, branch responsible for enforcing and carrying out laws, headed by the President, Judicial Branch, branch interprets federal laws, resolves legal disputes, and decides if laws break the rules of the U.S. Constitution, Electoral College, official system used in the United States to elect the president and vice president where instead of voting directly for the candidates, state electors meet and cast 538 total electoral votes, and a candidate needs a majority of 270 votes to win, Head of Government, the highest official in the executive branch who manages the day-to-day operations of a state, directs public policy, and leads the cabinet of ministers, Head of State, the highest-ranking public representative or official of a sovereign state, federal, having to do with national government; a system of government that unites several states under a central government, Congress, US legislative branch made up of the House of Representatives and Senate, legislate, to create a law or laws

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