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Midterm elections are coming. But what, exactly, is a 'midterm'?

This November's elections are called "midterms" for a good reason: We're about halfway into the four-year term President Joe Biden won in 2020. The results will determine whether Biden has a supportive Congress or a hostile one for the next two years. Yet it's worth remembering that far more state and local races are on the Nov. 8 ballot than national ones. The U.S. Constitution sets up the ...
"I Voted" stickers at a polling station on the campus of the University of California, Irvine, on Nov. 6, 2018, in Irvine, California.

This November's elections are called "midterms" for a good reason: We're about halfway into the four-year term President Joe Biden won in 2020.

The results will determine whether Biden has a supportive Congress or a hostile one for the next two years. Yet it's worth remembering that far more state and local races are on the Nov. 8 ballot than national ones.

The U.S. Constitution sets up the midterm dynamic by requiring every member of the U.S. House of Representatives and about a third

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