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CCTV America's Sean Callebs speaks to residents Waynesville, Missouri, a small town outside of a the Army training base of Fort Leonard Wood, as part of our ongoing series, Route 2014: The road to the U.S. election.

The United States remains the only industrialized country without a universal health care system, with tens of millions of uninsured Americans. President Barack Obama led an effort to change that, ultimately passing the Affordable Care Act. But now, more than four years later, some Americans say the law that they thought would help them, has not. 

Candidates in Chicago can almost always count on a strong democratic showing from the Latino community. However, Hispanic voters in the U.S. are threatening to stay away from the polls in frustration with what they say are broken promises from President Obama to reform immigration laws. 

A little more than one week from now, voters in the United States will make their decisions for a wide range of political offices. At every ballot box voters will choose who should represent them at the federal level in Washington. Here's a look at how the vote works and why it matters.

America's midterm elections explained  American voters are just over a week away from casting their ballots in the midterm elections.  Midterms are often seen as a referendum on a President's performance. And that determines how voters decide who's going to represent them at the Federal level, in the Senate and the House. CCTV's Rachelle Akuffo explains.