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Because of when these federal offices are up for election, the election years are commonly classified into the following three categories: Presidential elections: Elections for the U.S. President are held every four years, coinciding with those for all 435 seats in the House of Representatives, and 33 or 34 of the 100 seats in the Senate.
The projected cost of the 2012 federal election races is estimated to be over 5.8 billion dollars, [21] with approximately $1 billion of that coming from "outside" groups (groups not directly controlled by the candidate's campaign or officially controlled by the party). [22]
February 8 – Andy Martin, perennial candidate and birther movement activist from Illinois, formally filed papers with the Federal Election Commission to run for the presidential nomination of the Republican Party [13] February 12–Conservative Political Action Conference; Ron Paul wins straw poll.
The 2012 election marked the first time since Franklin D. Roosevelt's last two re-elections in 1940 and 1944 that the Democrats won a majority of the popular vote in two consecutive elections. [152] Obama was also the first president of either party to secure a majority of the popular vote in two elections since Ronald Reagan in 1980 and 1984 ...
Many voting ballots allow a voter to "blanket vote" for all candidates in a particular political party or to select individual candidates on a line by line voting system. Which candidates appear on the voting ticket is determined through a legal process known as ballot access. Usually, the size of the candidate's political party and the results ...
The new US Federal Income Tax Forms for the tax year of 2018 to be filed in 2019. ... Tax Schedules to Use in Addition to Form 1040. Schedule. ... If you have any amount from Schedule 3, line 7 ...
The date when primary elections for federal, state, and local races occur are also at the discretion of the individual state and local governments; presidential primaries in particular have historically been staggered between the states, beginning sometime in January or February, and ending about mid-June before the November general election.
The 2012 California Republican Party presidential primary took place on June 5, 2012, as part of the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] 169 delegates were chosen, for a total of 172 delegates at the 2012 Republican National Convention .