How America Voted: Midterm Elections in Maps and Charts
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The United States had midterm elections. People voted for new leaders.
News groups made maps and charts. These show how people voted.
A map uses colors for states. A chart uses numbers and lines.
Midterm elections happen in the middle of a president's time in office. They are not for president.
People vote for other jobs. They vote for Congress. Congress makes laws for the country.
The maps show which party won in each state. A party is a group of people with the same ideas.
The two big parties in America are Democrats and Republicans.
The charts show numbers. They show how many people voted for each party.
These results can change who makes laws in America.
People use maps and charts to understand elections easily.
Vocabulary15 words
- midterm elections
- votes that happen in the middle of a president's time
- maps
- pictures that show places with colors or lines
- charts
- pictures that show numbers with lines or bars
- president
- the top leader of a country
- Congress
- a group that makes laws in America
- party
- a group of people with the same political ideas
- Democrats
- one of the two big political groups in America
- Republicans
- one of the two big political groups in America
- vote
- to choose someone in an election
- election
- a time when people choose leaders
- results
- what happens at the end of something, like a vote
- country
- a nation with its own government
- laws
- rules that everyone must follow
- leader
- a person who guides a group or country
- group
- a number of people together
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1. Members of Congress and other leaders 2. How people voted 3. False
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The United States had _____ elections. People voted for new _____.
News groups made _____ and _____. These show how people voted.
A map uses colors for states. A chart uses numbers and _____.
Midterm elections happen in the middle of a _____'s time in office.
People vote for other jobs. They vote for _____.
The two big parties in America are _____ and _____.
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