Timings Of Elections Flashcards

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What are the types of main elections?

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-presidential
-congressional
-primaries
-direct democracy

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When do presidential elections gets held?

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

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When are congressional elections?

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

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When are state local and primary elections?

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-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

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