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  2. American election campaigns in the 19th century - Wikipedia

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    A History of the Australian Ballot System in the United States (1917) online; Fuller, A. James, ed. The Election of 1860 Reconsidered (Kent State University Press, 2013). p. 271. online review; Gerring, John. Party Ideologies in America, 1828–1996 (1998). Gienap, William E. The Origins of the Republican Party, 1852–1856 (Harvard University ...

  3. Public choice - Wikipedia

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    For example, from the viewpoint of rational choice theory, the expected gains of voting depend on (1) the benefit to the voter if their candidate wins and (2) the probability that one's vote will determine the election's outcome. [38] Even in a tight election the probability that one's vote decides the outcome is estimated at effectively zero. [40]

  4. Elections in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The restriction and extension of voting rights to different groups has been a contested process throughout United States history. The federal government has also been involved in attempts to increase voter turnout, by measures such as the National Voter Registration Act of 1993. The financing of elections has also long been controversial ...

  5. Kansas would benefit by returning to Trump-era funding of ...

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    If we expect our hardworking election officers and workers to do their jobs and keep our elections safe and secure, then we need to make sure they have all the tools and resources necessary to do so.

  6. Electoral reform in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Most elections in the U.S. select one person; elections with multiple members elected through proportional representation are relatively rare. Typical examples include the House of Representatives , where all members are elected in single-member districts, by First-past-the-post voting , instant-runoff voting , or by the two-round system .

  7. National primary - Wikipedia

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    A national primary is a proposed system for conducting the United States presidential primaries and caucuses, such that all occur on the same day (not currently the case). Early attempts [ edit ]

  8. Your election questions, answered - AOL

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    Two of the states we projected last in 2020 are good examples: In Georgia, after changes to laws around preelection voting, a lot more people who vote before Election Day do so early in person ...

  9. Calculus of voting - Wikipedia

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    B = “utility” benefit of voting--differential benefit of one candidate winning over the other C = costs of voting (time/effort spent) D = citizen duty, goodwill feeling, psychological and civic benefit of voting (this term is not included in Downs's original model)