Every four years, Americans go to polling places where they do not decide who will be President of the United States.

These elections usually aren't given as much historical attention as presidential elections.

Nonetheless, they can be extremely important

and can influence a president's agenda.

Learn more about the history of midterm elections

and how they have influenced US history

on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. In a parliamentary system, elections can be held at almost any time.

When a parliamentary election is held,

everything is on the ballot all at once.

Every member of parliament is up for election,

and then by extension, the Prime Minister

and all the Kamnet positions

will be determined as well.

Other than perhaps local or district elections, there's no such thing as an election between the elections.

In the American system, national elections are set according to the calendar. Moreover, members of the House of Representatives

have a two-year term, the president has a four-year term, and senators have a six-year term.

The result of these staggered term lengths is that every four years you have a major election

where the president is not up for election, but every member of the House and a third of the Senate is up for election.

These elections which take place in the middle of a presidential

term are known as midterm elections. Mid-term elections traditionally don't get the same amount of

attention as elections that take place during a presidential year. This is true for

both historians and voters. Voter turnout during a presidential election year has traditionally

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