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President Obama campaigned in four states this past weekend, though he's not on any ballot Tuesday -- not directly, that is. He spoke alongside Democratic congressional candidates in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Ohio, trying to prevent big gains in House and Senate seats by Republicans. Voters worried about unemployment, slow economic growth, health reform and federal help for banks and Wall Street brokers are expected to take their frustrations out on Democratic lawmakers on Election Day.
This week's vote is called a midterm election because it comes halfway into the historic four-year term Obama won in 2008 as ours first African American president. It's an example of a constitutional check and balance on the power of the White House. So the results will show, at least in part, how voters feel the president and fellow Democrats on Capitol Hill are doing.
With all 435 House seats and 37 of the 100 Senate seats being filled, it's possible for Republicans to regain a majority in the House and maybe even in the Senate, as discussed in the video below. That could block Obama from winning passage of policy initiatives during the last two years of his term.
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