Skip to Main Content

Voting and Elections Guide

Featured Resource

Two women in background with boxes for registering to vote, checking registration status, and finding out what is on your ballot

Vote 411-The League of Women Voters site offers tools to help you be an informed voter.

  • Register to vote or check your registration status
  • See which races, candidates, and issues will be on your ballot
  • Read candidates' policy statements
  • Find out about debates scheduled for your local area
  • Sign up to be a poll worker

What are Midterm elections?

What are Midterm Elections?

                                                            three branches of the U.S. Government

"Midterms are the federal elections in which voters choose members of Congress but not a new president. “Midterms” are held halfway between presidential elections. Voters elect one-third of all U.S. senators and all 435 members of the U.S. House of Representatives during the midterms.

Midterms determine which political party—Democratic or Republican—will control each chamber of Congress for the next two years. The party in control of either chamber is the party more likely to get its proposed legislation passed in that chamber. Proposed legislation must pass in both the House and the Senate for it to reach the president’s desk for approval" ("Midterm Congressional," 2018).           

Midterm congressional, state, and local elections. (2018, October 9). Retrieved October 29, 2018, from USA.gov website: https://www.usa.gov/midterm-state-and-local-elections