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General elections in the United States were held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, and other elections were being held throughout the year. During this midterm election year, all 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives and 36 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate were contested; along with 38 state and territorial governorships, 46 state legislatures (except Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, and Virginia),〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2010 Primary Dates and Seats Up )〕 four territorial legislatures, and numerous state and local races. This midterm election became the most expensive in history, with total spending reaching $3.7 billion (including spending by outside entities), while producing the lowest turnout since 1942. The elections saw sweeping gains by the Republican Party in the Senate, House, and in numerous gubernatorial, state, and local races. The Republicans gained control of the Senate for the first time since 2006, and increased their majority in the House. The Republicans also gained two seats in governors' races. Overall, the elections resulted in the largest Republican majority in the entire country in nearly a century, with 54 seats in the Senate, 247 (56.78%) in the House, 31 governorships (62%), and 68 state legislative chambers. Moreover, Republicans gained their largest majority in the House since 1928, the largest majority in Congress overall since 1928, and the largest majority of state legislatures since 1928.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Other GOP Wave: State Legislatures | )〕 Political scientist Gary C. Jacobson argues that the voters treated the election as a referendum on the economy and especially on Obama’s presidency. The result was the most partisan, nationalized, and president-centered midterm election in at least 60 years.〔Gary C. Jacobson, "Obama and Nationalized Electoral Politics in the 2014 Midterm." ''Political Science Quarterly'' (2015) 130#1 pp: 1-25. (online )〕 ==Issues== The 2014 election lacked a "dominant national theme", with no single issue rising above all others. Some of the major issues of the election included income inequality, the effects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (commonly referred to as "Obamacare"), and immigration.〔 Although it generated much debate in early 2014, the Keystone Pipeline ultimately received little attention in the election, with environmentalists instead focused on fighting global warming and supporting the EPA's proposed regulations on greenhouse gas emissions.〔Davenport, Coral, "(Meager Returns for the Democrats’ Biggest Donor ), ''New York Times'', 6 November 2014〕 Another potentially important issue, net neutrality, received little attention during the campaign. According to political commentator Stuart Rothenberg prior to the election, foreign policy crises in the Middle East, Ukraine, and Russia were likely to hurt the Democratic Party's chances in 2014. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「United States elections, 2014」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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