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• midterm, midterms, midterm elections

語源

From its occurrence roughly halfway through a president's usual term of office.

名詞

midterm election (plural midterm elections)

1. (US politics) A general election for all the representatives and one-third of the senators in Congress in a year without a presidential election as well.

   In the United States, general elections occur in even-numbered years, with the quadrennial presidential elections distinguished from the midterm elections between them.

   • 2008 April 23, Amy Sullivan, “A Primary with No End”, in Time, retrieved 3 July 2015:

     Most of the rational world […] foresaw a smooth ride to victory for Democrats. They had, after all, the wind at their backs from the 2006 midterm elections.