Democrats Win More House Seats After Midterm Elections
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Democrats are winning more seats in the House. This comes after the midterm elections in the United States. Republicans lost many seats. Now Republicans are blaming each other. People call this a blame game.
News people say Republicans lost badly. They say there are five reasons for this. The news did not give all the reasons yet.
The elections also matter for other countries. India is one example. Some experts say the elections may not change ties between India and the U.S. very much. But the elections may change India's choices in world politics. This is called geopolitics.
The House is part of the U.S. government. It makes laws for the country. Every two years, Americans vote for House members. This vote is called a midterm election when it happens between big presidential elections.
Right now, Democrats are happy. Republicans are not happy. They are trying to understand why they lost.
Vocabulary10 words
- House
- a part of the U.S. government that makes laws
- midterm elections
- votes for government leaders held between big presidential elections
- blame game
- when people say it is someone else's fault
- ties
- the relationship between two countries
- geopolitics
- how countries act and make choices with each other
- Democrats
- one of the two big political groups in the U.S.
- Republicans
- the other big political group in the U.S.
- rout
- a very big loss
- seats
- places won in government after an election
- experts
- people who know a lot about a subject
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1. Democrats 2. Blaming each other 3. True
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Democrats are winning more seats in the _____. This comes after the _____ in the United States. Republicans lost many seats. Now Republicans are blaming each other. People call this a _____.
News people say Republicans lost badly. They say there are _____ reasons for this.
The elections also matter for other countries. _____ is one example. Some experts say the elections may not change _____ between India and the U.S. very much. But the elections may change India's choices in world politics. This is called _____.
The House is part of the U.S. _____. It makes laws for the country.
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