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.
But it is worth noting that this number was far fewer than the more than 131 million people who voted in the presidential election of 2008-- generally, presidential elections bring out a much greater number of voters than midterm elections do. 3 people found this useful.