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Direct election is a system of choosing political officeholders in which the voters directly cast ballots for the persons or political party that they desire to see elected. The method by which the winner or winners of a direct election are chosen depends upon the electoral system used.
United States presidential elections (also known as United States general elections) differ from many republics around the world (operating under either the presidential system or the semi-presidential system) which use direct elections from the national popular vote ('one person, one vote') of their entire countries to elect their ...
Merged cells for "head of state" and " head of government " indicate the office is the same for that country; merged cells for " lower house" and " upper house " indicate a unicameral legislature. The linked articles include the results of the elections. For a chronological order, see the electoral calendar . Contents:
An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operated since the 17th century.
Primary elections, or direct primary, are voting processes by which voters can indicate their preference for their party's candidate, or a candidate in general, in an upcoming general election, local election, or by-election.
References. External links. Elections in the United States. An 1846 painting by George Caleb Bingham showing a polling judge administering an oath to a voter. In the politics of the United States, elections are held for government officials at the federal, state, and local levels.
A direct election is an election in which people vote directly for the person, persons or political party that they want to see elected to a political position.
