{"id":21433,"date":"2018-11-07T03:24:45","date_gmt":"2018-11-07T03:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=21433"},"modified":"2018-11-07T03:24:45","modified_gmt":"2018-11-07T03:24:45","slug":"explaining-us-midterm-elections-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=21433","title":{"rendered":"Explaining US midterm elections 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"
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US voters go to the polls on Tuesday to take part in midterm elections that will help define the remainder of President Donald Trump<\/a>‘s term in office.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In the House of Representatives, all 435 seats are up for grabs. Thirty-five seats in the Senate are up for election, as well as 39 governorships in 36 states and three US territories.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Trump’s Republican party currently has a majority in the Senate and House of Representatives, but failure to hold on to either could result in political deadlock for the US leader’s most ambitious policies.<\/p>\n

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Voter turnout in midterm elections in the past has always been lower than the presidential elections. But according to the\u00a0Pew Research Center<\/a>, voter enthusiasm for a midterm election is at its highest in almost 20 years.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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This year’s US midterm elections have already made history. In the primaries, a record number of\u00a0women, Native Americans, and\u00a0Muslim candidates<\/a>\u00a0ran for office.\u00a0<\/p>\n

From the first expected Muslim congresswomen to the first potential female black governor.\u00a0Here’s are some of the women to look out for<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Source:<\/span>\u00a0Al Jazeera<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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