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election in the United States
political elections for public offices in the United States
United States midterm election
Midterm elections in the United States are the general elections that are held near the midpoint of a president's four-year term of office, on Election Day on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. Federal offices that are up for election during the midterms include all 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives, and 33 or 34 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate.
write-in candidate
candidate in an election whose name does not appear on the ballot, but for whom voters may vote nonetheless by writing in the person's name
vote counting
process of counting votes in an election
Bradley effect
theory about discrepancies between opinion polls and election results in the United States
Election Day
day for the general elections of public officials in the US
general ticket
winner-take-all electoral system
swing
statistic used in the analysis of elections
Election Assistance Commission
independent agency of the United States government
wave election
election in which a political party makes major gains
blue shift
observed phenomenon in US politics
literacy test
test to assess literacy skills; historically used for voter disenfranchisement