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Published online 18 October 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news061016-7
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A brief guide to midterm elections
As the US goes to vote, news@nature.com rounds up what these elections are all about.
When is the vote?
On the first Tuesday in November — that's 7 November this year — Americans will head to the polls for midterm elections. Like the presidential elections, they are held every four years (the last presidential election was in 2004 and the next will be in 2008).
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