A metric used in NBA basketball that is similar to Field Goal Percentage, but adds an additional parameter.
2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) politics. a. the middle of a term of office, esp of a presidential term, when congressional and local elections are held. b. (as modifier): midterm elections.
Midterm elections are the federal elections in which voters choose members of Congress but not a new President. These elections are held halfway between Presidential elections. Voters elect one-third of all U.S. Senators and all 435 members of the U.S. House of Representatives during the midterm elections. The next congressional elections are midterm elections and will be held in November 2018. U.S. House of Representatives Members of the U.S. House of Representatives serve two-year terms, which means that all 435 Representatives are elected in both midterm and Presidential election years.