Questions tagged [election]
The act or process of choosing a person for a position, especially a public office, usually through a vote.
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Is it legal in the US to offer a candidate money to drop off a senate race to run against another candidate?
Hill Harper just tweeted this:
I didn’t intend for a private phone call to turn public. But now that
it has, here’s the truth.
One of AIPAC’s biggest donors offered $20m if I dropped out of the
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Does Biden's support for Israel align with popular opinion in the US?
Many Americans, including Jewish individuals, are reportedly protesting against the Israeli government's operation in Gaza. They cite harsh and inhumane conditions as reasons for their protest.
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Has China been caught trying to manipulate the elections in other countries than Taiwan?
Although senior Taiwan officials, including the head of the National
Security Council, Wellington Koo, have this year warned that China
could try to sway the presidential and legislative elections ...
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Have there been any successful voter turnout campaigns that resulted in an election upset?
In a recent local election in New York, turnout was as low as 11% in some districts:
Usually, Council elections are held every four years. But once every
two decades — thanks to the way the calendar ...
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For countries with a runoff system, how often does the second place candidate end up winning in the second round?
Countries such as France or Argentina have an election system where the top two candidates proceed to a final runoff round. Historically speaking and across all (or a large number of) such countries, ...
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What was the rationale for resetting Putin’s presidential term count in 2020?
According to Wikipedia, “this limitation has since been overhauled in large part due to the constitutional amendments that were ratified in 2020. One of the amendments passed reset the terms of both ...
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What were the postal vote figures in the 2023 Tamworth UK by-election?
What were the postal vote figures in the 2023 Tamworth UK by-election? I have looked in many places online and could not find them (if they were published)
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In Poland, can one vote in a different constituency (without doing any prior paperwork or moving)? How does this work?
My understanding was that in most elections around the world, one must vote in the constituency that one is resides in or is registered in. To vote somewhere else, one must do some paperwork and/or ...
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Gerrymandering, Efficiency Gap Formula [closed]
I have a problem in which I have two parties. Party 1 is Purple. Party 2 is Yellow. There are a total of 135 votes. Purple has 75 of them while yellow has 60. There are 9 districts total. Each ...
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How does the CCP prevent the minority parties from obtaining too many seats and is there a hard cap on how many seats they can get?
While only the CCP holds effective power at the national level, there
are officially eight minor parties that exist alongside the CCP.[2]
Founded before the proclamation of the People's Republic of ...
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Are there prominent persons who expressed a believe that a government run by people chosen by sortition is more effective than a typical democracy?
Wikipedia's page on the history of sortition explained that some people believe that sortition solves the problems associated with representative democracies. Are there any scholars, politicians, ...
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How do parties really choose candidates in the US?
When I was growing up, I was under the impression that America’s candidates for President or Congress are chosen by primary elections. After watching the news more carefully, I later got the ...
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What Is Behind The Puzzling Timing of the U.S. House Vacancy Election In Utah?
U.S. Representative Chris Stewart (R), of Utah's 2nd Congressional District, will resign on September 15, 2023, citing his wife's health concerns. A special election will be held on November 21, 2023, ...
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Does Germany hold by-elections?
I understand at a high level how the Mixed Member system used in German general elections works during the general election.
Pages such as Electoral Reform cover this area reasonably well.
What I don'...
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Exploring the causal mechanisms between democratization and economy growth
I have been reading a lot recently on a classic polsci question on the relationship between democratization and economic outcomes(see Boix & Stokes, 2003; Coppedge, in press; Epstein, Bates, ...
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Why does nobody seem to care about the municipal elections in Maharashtra?
Maharashtra is a major Indian state, home to the richest city Mumbai.
Almost all of the municipal corporations in Maharashtra have elections overdue for over a year now (i.e. should have taken place ...
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Do more legislative seats make Gerrymandering harder?
In a system of single member districts, elected for an entire legislative body all at once, is it easier to gerrymander the map to favor one party over another in a two party system, with more ...
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How can Herbert Kickl be "the odds-on favorite" with a "personal approval rating.. among the lowest of any Austrian politician’s"?
Politico.eu's June 6 2023 Watch out Ukraine, here comes the Hungaro-Austrian Empire begins:
VIENNA — Austrian politician Herbert Kickl is a pro-Russian, anti-American conspiracy theorist who ...
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Turkish elections: How to explain the anomalous fingerprints
On 14th of May, millions of Turkish voters went to the polls to cast their votes in the parliamentary elections. Recently, the official results were published in the website of the Supreme Election ...
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How do "opposition parties" in the North Korean parliament get their seats?
When looking at Wikipedia, I noticed that the Parliament of North Korea has multiple parties in the Parliament besides the Workers' Party, united under one coalition.
From the question Is there ...
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What does social/public-choice theory have to say about plural v. unitary executive?
There are many state-level offices in the US that are elected by the people other than the legislature and the Governor, in the executive (Treasurer, Controller, Attorney General, Secretary, oil & ...
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How did the adoption of compulsory voting in Australia impact the partisan balance there?
Compulsory voting was introduced in Australia:
for state elections in Queensland in 1915, excluding Indigenous
Australians. Victoria introduced compulsory voting in 1926, New South
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Will we know after the election how many people are denied a vote because of the new ID rules?
In the UK on Thursday 4 May 2023, local elections are taking place across England. To vote at a polling station, you will need to bring photo ID. This is a new law introduced by the current ...
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Is Norway a rentier and resource-dependent country?
I have been reading a lot on the rentier state literature and have noticed that papers published in the last two decades focus on the typical rentier cases such as Saudi Arabia or Venezuela. However, ...
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Can the CSU circumvent the new election laws of Germany?
The German Bundestag changed the election laws today.
The CSU could now face the following situation at the next general election: They win nearly all constituencies in Bavaria, but they only get 4,9% ...
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Indian PLI Manufacturing scheme
Indian govt has announced Production Linked Incentive schemes (PLI) to boost manufacturing sector growth in India. As it can be seen it is biased towards capital-intensive industries. What could be ...
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What is an example of a political process in which every person’s vote amounts to something?
One of the most common grievances against elections is that it doesn’t matter if you vote because it won’t make a difference how the world is or significantly sway the outcome of an election.
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Requirements for citizens living outside the US to vote in elections
In the United States, people who are not residents of individual states cannot vote in federal elections for President, Senators, and Representatives. However, US troops stationed overseas are allowed ...
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Aren't PMs resigning months before the end of their term tactically beneficial to their successors?
I can't help recognising a pattern in the last week's resignation of Jacinda Ardern less than a year before the end of her 2nd term: John Key did the same near the end of his 3rd.
What happens next is ...
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In the Dutch senate elections, how is the weighting for the electoral college for non-residents determined?
In The Netherlands, the Senate is elected by members of the provincial parliaments as well as the electoral colleges for the Senate, where the electoral colleges represent voters who do not live in a ...
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What was the nature of the sanctions that Arizona secretary of state and Governor-elect Katie Hobbs asked to be placed on Kari Lake?
The title of Axios' December 27, 2022 Arizona judge rules out sanctions against Kari Lake but orders $33,000 in fees states the outcome of Katie Hobbs's request (petition?) against Kari Lake.
On the ...
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What if votes were open declarations?
Just hypothetically, what if an election involved the voting agency thoroughly compiling a registry of every citizen in the country and somehow trying to regularly confirm that they existed and were ...
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How can two tied candidates in a New Hampshire House race "share the seat"?
In the New Hampshire House of Representatives, the election for Rochester Ward 4 ended in a tie between Republican David Walker and Democrat Chuck Grassie, following a recount.
Republican David ...
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History of a single party winning majority of legislative seats under proportional representation system?
A single political party winning majority of legislative seats is - in theory - very difficult under proportional representation system.
Examples I am aware:
Portugal 2022: The Socialist Party won ...
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What was the House Popular Vote excluding uncontested races?
In the aftermath of most Congressional elections, it is often noted that Democrats did better in the House popular vote than they did in terms of actual seats won, indicating a role for the incumbency ...
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How historically successful is the 2022 midterms for the Democrats?
I read in some places (Twitter feeds of Democratic officials mostly) that this election was better for the president's party than most (if not any) in history.
How much is that true, with respect to ...
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Since 2020, do American Libertarian voters still prefer Republicans as their second choice?
It's accepted in conventional wisdom that Libertarians, if forced to choose between the two major US parties, tend to vote for the Republicans as their second choice. However, the Republican party in ...
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Why the Democratic exuberance and Republican dejection about the 2022 US midterm elections?
I don't know much about politics, but I'm very curious about the reaction to the midterm elections. Although, as of right now, the Republicans are still leading or tied for both the House and Senate, ...
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Do US Senate election run-offs run ad infinitum?
Watching the events unfold from across the pond (I am a UK citizen) I am keen to learn the systems in place with the elections in the US.
I have seen that just like in the 2020 general election (Why ...
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What do the numbers mean after the R and D when describing seats in the House of Representatives?
I'm sure this is basic but my Google search results are overwhelmed by links to current events.
[...] Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert appears in real danger of losing her R+15 seat [...]
What does R+...
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Are restrictive voting laws really likely to significantly affect the outcome of the 2022 midterm elections?
I look at this map and don't see a big problem with those voter suppression laws. It's mostly red states that would hardly be flipped by the Democrats anyway (besides, it's midterms so the sitting ...
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Do parliamentary systems necessarily have episodes when replacement leaders can assume and keep power with very limited popular mandates and appeal?
Note: this isn't a dig at UK govt or promoting other systems. Not even all that much at Truss - I'll add another PM from a different ideological lean if representative of issue.
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How soon could the UK see a general election?
Bearing in mind that the Fixed Term act was repealed, what can the Commons do to trigger a general election? Would enough light blue moderates agree with the opposition to pass a parliamentary motion ...
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What would happen if the current prime minister lost their seat in a general election? [duplicate]
I was just reading this article about Liz Truss’s seat in Norfolk, and how the constituents are slowly revoking their support.
It made me wonder what would happen in the (unlikely) scenario where the ...
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Algorithm for creating efficient test ballots [closed]
When preparing test ballots for voting machines that read hand-prepared, fill-in-the-oval paper ballots, is there an algorithm to prepare the ballots to guarantee each candidate (in a certain race) ...
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What procedures do parties use to vet candidates, to avoid those with major past controversies?
Herschel Walker
The national Republican Party apparatus is standing behind its U.S. Senate candidate in Georgia, Herschel Walker, following a report in the Daily Beast that alleges he paid for a ...
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Illinois Presidential primaries
When voting in a primary in Illinois, there is a selection choose one of
"Donald Trump, John McCain", Mit Romney" or "Barrack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders" (these ...
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Can large loans be used by companies to circumvent political contribution laws in the United States?
https://youtu.be/CMLQrqYheiY?t=88
In this video, Poilievre describe that large loans are used for companies to give large donations to politicians, these large loans are never to be paid back and are ...
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Can Armenian Americans plausibly have a noticeable impact on the 2022 US midterm elections?
Turkish and Azerbaijani officials accused Pelosi of visiting Armenia and making statements there that would gather domestic support from the diaspora in view of the upcoming US elections. E.g. the MFA ...
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Is Ted Hickman right that he should've won his election in 2018? [closed]
Ted Hickman was the Vice-Mayor of Dixon, California, who prior to election penned a column insulting homosexuals and calling for a "Straight Pride month". After he lost his election he said ...
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