Senate seats (senators serve six-year terms). House seats are up for election every two years, as are a third of U.S. Midterm elections: General elections held in all states and the District of Columbia in the even-numbered years between presidential elections.
It can also apply to any set of elections. The term commonly refers to people who vote in a presidential election but not in the next midterm. Also referred to as “vote switching.”ĭrop off/Drop-off voters: People who vote in a given election but not in a subsequent election. Some panelists have been participating in surveys since 2014.ĭefectors/Defection: People who either switch their vote to a different party’s candidate from one election to the next, or those who in a given election do not support the candidate of the party they usually support. American Trends Panel: Pew Research Center’s online probability survey panel, which consists of more than 12,000 adults who take two to three surveys each month.
