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midterm elections congressional elections that do not coincide with a presidential election; also called off-year elections
general election a regularly scheduled election involving most districts in the nation or state, in which voters select officeholders
closed primary an election in which voters select candidates but only of the party in which they are enrolled
open primary a primary election in which the voter can wait until the day of the primary to choose which party to enroll in to select candidates for the general election
runoff election a "second-round" election in which voters choose between the top two candidates from the first round
straight-ticket voting selecting candidates from the same political party for all offices on the ballot
redistricting the process of redrawing election districts and redistributing legislative representatives
gerrymandering the apportionment of voters in districts in such a way as to give unfair advantage to one racial or ethnic group or political party
partisan gerrymandering occurs when politicians from one party intentionally manipulate the boundaries for legislative election districts to disadvantage their political opponents' chance of winning an election and advantage their own political party
major-minority district an electoral district, such as a congressional district, in which the majority of the constituents belong to racial or ethnic minorities
retail politics a style of campaigning where candidates connect to voters face-to-face at intimate gatherings, rallies, town halls, and local events
frontloading the moving up of presidential primaries by states to provide those states greater influence on the selection on the selection of candidates
electoral college the presidential electors from each state who meet after the general election to cast ballots for president and vice president
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