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On November 6, the 2018 midterm elections in the US have sparked public attention. Political analysts and journalists all over the world saw the elections as a great opportunity to assess Trump’s popularity during his two-year presidency.

Over the course of his service, many contradictions and speculations have emerged, favouring one-way or another the polarisation between the Democrat and Republican Party.  So, why midterm elections are so important for US politics? To answer this question, it is important to analyse first the purpose of the Midterm elections.

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In due course, a new president will emerge from the US General Election 2016. For many readers and IR -international relations- scholars interested in the American elections, there is a vague idea of how a president is elected since the voting system is quite complicated and the truth is that many factors affect the final result.

The current article aims to cover this gap. The two following sections will more closely consider the US political and electoral system. A thorough and comparative analysis over the two finalists, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, follows in the article 2016 US President Candidates Read more