The phrase "about the midterm" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing topics or issues related to a midterm exam or evaluation in an academic context.
Example: "We need to have a meeting to talk about the midterm and how we can improve our study strategies."
Alternatives: "regarding the midterm" or "concerning the midterm".
In this week's Comment, Hendrik Hertzberg writes about the midterm elections.
Today, Steve Coll and Ryan Lizza took questions from readers about the midterm elections, moderated by Amy Davidson.
By The New Yorker October 22, 2010 In this week's Comment, Hendrik Hertzberg writes about the midterm elections.
By The New Yorker November 5, 2010 In this week's Comment, Hendrik Hertzberg writes about the midterm elections.
By The New Yorker October 29, 2010 Today, Steve Coll and Ryan Lizza took questions from readers about the midterm elections, moderated by Amy Davidson.
These days, the Obama political team has the edge, again in the cause of emphasizing deficit reduction and with an assist from Congressional Democrats nervous about the midterm elections.
The upheaval brought about by the midterm election later that year soured Democrats on gun control, although Mr. Biden survived efforts to defeat him two years later.
(Likely voter models are used to make predictions about the midterms).
Republicans are feeling good about the midterms — so good that they've started saying what they really think.
Because of its mail balloting, Oregon is also a relatively high-turnout state even in midterm years, which could give Mr. Merkley some cushion even if Democrats are unenthusiastic about the midterms elsewhere in the country.
Under pressure from Republicans in Congress who were worried about the midterms, he agreed, in 1982, to let over-all spending (not just spending on the military) rise considerably.
