election day

Examples of election day in the following topics:

• Republican Turmoil & Democratic Resurgence

  • Several factors, including the ailing economy and Bush's tax increases, led to Republican defeat in the 1992 elections.
  • Nearing election day, polls suggested that the race was a dead-heat, but Clinton pulled out on top, defeating Bush in a 43% to 38% popular vote margin.
  • The ailing economy, which arose from recession may have been the main factor in Bush's loss, as 7 in 10 voters said on election day that the economy was either "not so good" or "poor".
  • Map showing the electoral votes in the US divided by the candidates in the 1992 presidential election.
  • In the 1992 election, Bush received 168 electoral votes to Clinton's 370.

• Electing Candidates

  • An election is a decision-making process used in a democracy to choose public office holders based on a vote.
  • Generally, elections consist of voters casting ballots at polling places on a scheduled election day .
  • Electoral systems then determine the result of the election on the basis of the tally.
  • The question of who may vote is a central issue in elections.
  • Most national elections require that voters are citizens, and many local elections require proof of local residency to vote.

• The General Election Campaign

  • A general election day may also include elections for local officials.
  • In U.S. politics, general elections occur every four years and include the presidential election.
  • There is no analogue to "calling early elections" in the U.S., however, and the members of the elected U.S.
  • Senate face elections of only one-third at a time at two year intervals including during a general election.
  • All federal elections including elections for the President and the Vice President, as well as elections to the House of Representatives and Senate, are partisan.

• The 2012 Presidential Election

  • Barack Hussein Obama was re-elected President of the United States on Tuesday, November 6th, 2012.
  • The 2012 presidential election was the 57th quadrennial election in the United States.
  • Days prior to the 2012 Presidential Election, Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast, devastating many states in the Mid-Atlantic and New England regions.
  • Incumbent President Barack Obama was the Democratic candidate for the 2012 presidential election.
  • On November 6th, 2012, Obama was re-elected President for a second term.

• Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission

  • In the 2012 presidential election, super PACs have played a major role, spending more than the candidates' election campaigns in the Republican primaries.
  • The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 prohibited corporations and unions from using their general treasury to fund "electioneering communications" within 30 days before a primary or 60 days before a general election.
  • During the 2004 presidential campaign, a conservative nonprofit organization named Citizens United filed a complaint before the Federal Election Commission (FEC) charging that advertisements for Michael Moore's film, Fahrenheit 9/11, a documentary critical of the Bush administration's response to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, constituted political advertising and thus could not be aired within the 30 days before a primary election or 60 days before a general election.
  • The dissent argued that the court's ruling "threatens to undermine the integrity of elected institutions across the Nation.
  • In the 2012 presidential election, super PACs have played a major role, spending more than the candidates' election campaigns in the Republican primaries.

• Candidates for Congressional Elections

  • Elections to the Senate are held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in even-numbered years, Election Day, and coincide with elections for the House of Representatives.
  • Senators are elected by their state as a whole.
  • House elections are first-past-the-post elections that elect a Representative from each of 435 House districts which cover the United States.
  • House elections occur every two years, correlated with presidential elections or halfway through a President's term.
  • An increasing trend has been for incumbents to have an overwhelming advantage in House elections, and since the 1994 election, an unusually low number of seats has changed hands in each election.

• The Nomination Campaign

  • The modern presidential campaign begins before the primary elections.
  • Presidents are elected indirectly in the United States.
  • On Election Day, voters in each of the states and the District of Columbia cast ballots for these electors.
  • This date, known as Inauguration Day, marks the beginning of the four-year term of both the President and the vice president.
  • Describe the procedure by which the Electoral College indirectly elects the President

• The 20th Amendment

  • It also deals with scenarios in which there is no President-elect.
  • The terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin.
  • The Congress shall assemble at least once in every year, and such meeting shall begin at noon on the 3d day of January, unless they shall by law appoint a different day.
  • If, at the time fixed for the beginning of the term of the President, the President elect shall have died, the Vice President elect shall become President.
  • Sections 1 and 2 shall take effect on the 15th day of October following the ratification of this article.

• The Clinton Administration Moves Right

  • The day after the election, Democratic Senator Richard Shelby of Alabama changed parties, becoming a Republican.
  • Republicans had not held the majority in the House for forty years, since the 83rd Congress (elected in 1952).
  • After the 2000 election, the Senate was divided evenly between the parties, with Republicans retaining the right to organize the Senate due to the election of Dick Cheney as Vice President and ex officio presiding officer of the Senate.
  • However, in the 2010 elections, in what was very similar to the 1994 elections, Republicans won back control of the House.
  • The 1994 elections also ushered in a great number of Republican freshmen.

• Voting as Political Participation

  • Beginning in the 1980s, some states, including Maine, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, made it possible for people to register on Election Day.
  • Turnout in states that have Election Day registration averages ten points higher than in the rest of the country.
  • How many people actually participate in elections often depends on the type of election.
  • A large number of elections are held in the United States every year, including local elections, elections for county and statewide offices, primaries, and general elections.
  • Midterm elections, in which members of Congress run for office in nonpresidential-election years, normally draw about one-third of eligible voters.