The just-completed midterm elections in the United States are a proxy for the deep ambivalence of American voters about what issues matter most and who is best able to address them.
In the United States, election day for federal legislators and the President is fixed by statute as the “Tuesday next after the first Monday in November”. For convenience, all the States have also established this day for the election of State officials and the choice of referenda (although many states have additional elections for issues and officials peculiar to their constitutions and laws).
