I don't understand what a midterm election is and I really want to understand. Hey, if American's understand it then it can't be too difficult to learn, right?

har har!

Okay, enough jokes and on to further education! I bring you the US Midterm election explination, KC Style, yo!

In Canada, we have the Parliament. Number of seats equals the overall success of the party, a certain percentage of the seats equals a majority or minority government, but, always the party with the highest number of seats rewards the party leader with the crown jewel of Canadian Politics, the position of Prime-Minister.

Ah, c'est bien!

In the US, I don't understand. Midterm elections are on right now and my head is spinning, which only makes me want to understand it even more!!! How dare the Americans confuse me!

Midterm elections are like the returning menstrual cycle of the US politics. It comes and goes whether you're ready for it or not every two years and fall on the first Tuesday of November on even years. It's arrival is highly anticipated, and if all goes well then you can breath a huge sigh of relief and go back to life without a pregnan-Republican scare.

If on the occasional chance, things don't turn out as it was supposed to, and voters find themselves nursing a government they weren't prepared to be burdened with. Well, they're left to see the politician's reign to term and often without any help from the President. But, like an unwanted child demanding attention from a reluctant father, these elected folks can give El Padre Presidentito a whole lot of headaches.

Why? Because, midterm elections have no impact on ousting the President. They aren't a Presidential election, they are a midterm election, silly! Presidents are elected every 4 years. But, those 36 individuals voted in midterms have a voice and will work hard to be heard and make change.

weee.

Well, this is what happened this year: Democrats have won the majority of state governorships and US House seats since 1994. The Democrats win majority! Wee... time for change.

Does that make any sense?