Are the 2006 elections the most important mid-term elections in US history?
958800
Yes, and here are some reasons, Nancy Pelosi, the biggest liberal in American Senate history could be house speaker, stem cell research could kill more babies and start cloning, and homosexuals could violate the sanctity of marriage.
1053243
The election of 1800 (however odd that may sound) was the most important election in our nation’s history.\n\nThomas Jefferson defeated President John Adams.  Up to that point, no other nation could claim such a peaceable and reverent transfer of power.\n\nJohn Adams did not claim the results of the election to be illegitimate.  He did not attempt to hold onto power.  He simply stepped aside and Thomas Jefferson began where he left off.\n\nJefferson did not seek to defame Adams, nor did he harass Adam's family.  Adams did not fear political retribution or oppression.  He did not have to because of the revolutionary ideals upon which our nation stands.\n\nThese two Framers of our nation, diplomats and historically crucial figures, powerful men--they exchanged rule over a nation without violence and bloodshed.\n\nSome may say that this happening is not impressive.  However, when Ancient Egypt’s Pharaoh died, his slaves and all the members of his royal court were buried alive along with him.\n\nI would say that political acceptance and cooperation has come a long way.\n\nThese two men capture what is perhaps the most surprising moment in our nation's development.  On July 4, 1826, the 50th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, Adams died uttering the famous last words "Thomas Jefferson still survives." Unbeknownst to Adams, Jefferson had died five hours earlier.\n\nTwo men utterly opposed to one another in many respects realized how absolutely vital political tolerance and pluralism was.  This is the foundation that America was formed upon.
945963
This was a Mid-Term Election where only a part of the House and Senate are elected. We do it that way so government does not have a nonfunctional period.
703224
it is the up comming election, when the democrats find out that the nation is still voting republician.  And of course another time they can sue and claim they really won but the election was stolen from them again.\n\nBut all jokinig aside, it is just another mid term election,  the party that is in power may or may not change.  But nothing really will change,  Bush is going into the last 2 years, which is his lame duck years so little should be expected at best anyway.
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Go to this website: http://news.yahoo.com/fc/US/Midterm_Elections_2006\nand click on your state.\n\nSociologists says that this election is more important than any election in the last 15 years.  Basically, you have the choice of taking away Republican rule of the house, or keeping the status quo.  There are probably a lot of local and state amendments that you will be reading.  I suggest you get on the bucket, pal, because it is probably a small book size.\n\nSuggestion.  If you really don't know the reason you are going to go vote tomorrow, I would suggest you refrain.  It's the people who don't know what they are voting for that tend to mess up what should be really done in this country.  Spend sometime online tonight, and if you are still baffled tomorrow, stay at home.
503971
From most important to least...\n\n1.) America's political apathy\n2.) Illegal immigration\n3.) Raising gas prices / Conversion to ethanol\n4.) Budget defecit / Welfare programs\n5.) Iraq\n6.) Iran / North Korea\n7.) China's push to be a superpower\n8.) World environment
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The midterm election is the two year dividing mark between the presidential elections. Generally speaking, the midterm election is a referendum on the president, particularly if there is a second midterm election (the president was re-elected) because the president has been in power for six years and people are either loving the president or are dissatisfied with the president. \n\nIt is not at all unusual for the president's party to fall out of favor in the second midterm.
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Yes. Take a look at realclearpolitics.com. \n\nhttp://www.realclearpolitics.com/\n\nVery in depth and has far more polls than anyone else. If you doubt the accuracy, check here;\n\nhttp://www.realclearpolitics.com/bush_vs_kerry.html
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In federal elections, the next election is the primary for mid-term elections, in which all representatives in the House are up for election as well as 1/3 of the Senators, including Ben Nelson from Nebraska. There are also several state positions that have primaries then, including governor, attorney general, and state legislators. There is likely also local ballot measures, but without knowing what city you live in I couldn't give you more info on that. Watch out for an information pamphlet in the mail that will give much more information when the election is closer.
1160684
Probably 2008. But it better not be Hilary.
1155615
You can tell the mid-term elections are approaching.  The draft scare tactic didn't work for the Democrats in 2004, guess they're setting themselves up for another loss...
258057
primaries are to determine who is actually nominated for the position.\n\nin this primary (just passed in IL) people will be voting for congress reps and governors (among others) that will be the main choices in the mid-term elections in November.\n\nprimaries are like the semi-finals in a tournament, and the elections themselves are like the championship.
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"google it" is a worthless answer.\n\n1988 is back in the days before Voter News Service.  That was even before Voter Research and Surveys were conducting the exit polls.  1988 was when everyone would do their own thing.  So you've got many exit polls.  But enough about the history lesson.  The answer is http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/elect_2004/past_national.html
54788
Good question! I'de guess the United States, as we have elections every 4-years, or perhaps GB as they have a history beyond ours.
1005940
It's happened in 1888. However the popular does not matter. It is the electorial vote that matters in our system.
963652
Voter surveys on election Day 2006 indicated that the number one reason most voters chose a Democratic candidate was their unhappiness with the war in Iraq. In essence, they voted to give the other guys a chance after five years of what many voters viewed as failed foreign policies, though there is no indication that the voters wanted any particular policy, only for something to make the situation in Iraq better for the United States. While Iraq was the primary reason for voters' unhappiness with the Bush Administration, they were also unhappy with the increasingly unfair returns of the national economy, the overwhelming sense of corruption generated by the Republican-controlled Congress since 1994 and the federal government's poor response to Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, an issue with particular potency among black voters. Hispanic voters were also driven to abandon the GOP because of conservatives' hardline on immigration. In 2004, President Bush had taken almost 40% of the Hispanic vote, but in the 2006 midterms the Republicans took only 20%, a major falloff that hurt them, especially in the West. Overall, the voters simply wanted change, and the Democrats played the old political trick of offering up no concrete policies to the electorate so that they could be everything to everyone--an empty vessel for people to pour their desires for change into.
1129934
Definitely. The U.S. citizens are tired of political b.s. from the republicans and all their underhanded theft and crap. The democrats should win hands down this election!