Timings Of Elections

Question 1

What are the types of main elections?

Answer 1

-presidential
-congressional
-primaries
-direct democracy

Question 2

When do presidential elections gets held?

Answer 2

-every 4 years Nov + inauguration the following Jan
-if ores resigns or dies e.g. Nixon 1974 resigned then VP takes over without election

Question 3

When are congressional elections?

Answer 3

-every two years if the whole house and 1/3 of senate up for election
-these elections are set in constitution

Question 4

When are state local and primary elections?

Answer 4

-decided by the individual states and occur once or twice a year
-e.g. Wisconsin at height of COVID went to polls April 2020 for primary + local elections — polled Nov 2020 presidential + Congress elections showing Americans can sign ballots twice a year