2022 United States elections

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/2022-united-states-elections

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the election date?November 8, 2022
2. What is the house of representatives majority?Republican
3. What happened in the 2022 U.S. midterm elections?The 2022 midterm elections were a big vote where people chose who would sit in the U.S. Congress and many state offices. They decided the 118th Congress and many governors. The results were surprising and split the Congress.
4. How many seats were up for election in the House and Senate?All 435 seats in the House of Representatives were contested. 35 of the 100 seats in the U.S. Senate were up for election.

Midterm Elections: Elections held in the United States during the middle of a president's four-year term, affecting congressional and state-level offices.
Redistricting: The process of redrawing electoral district boundaries to reflect population changes, often impacting the balance of political power.
Incumbent Party: The political party that currently holds the office of the president or controls the legislative chambers.
Gubernatorial Election: An election held to choose the governor, the chief executive of a U.S. state.