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2 days ago · IRV elections are a virtual (instant) variant on exhaustive elimination. In each round, voters choose a favourite candidate; the last-place finisher is eliminated and another round is held. IRV elections automate this process by having voters rank candidates from first to last in order of preference.
1 day ago · Within modern-day representative governments, certain electoral tools like referendums, citizens' initiatives and recall elections are referred to as forms of direct democracy. However, some advocates of direct democracy argue for local assemblies of face-to-face discussion.
1 day ago · This is a list of the next general elections around the world in sovereign states. The general elections listed are for the government of each jurisdiction. These elections determine the Prime Minister and makeup of the legislature in a parliamentary democracy, or the president and then the legislature in a system where separate votes are taken ...
3 days ago · United States presidential election of 2020, election, held during the global coronavirus pandemic, in which Democrat Joe Biden, formerly the 47th U.S. vice president, defeated the incumbent president, Republican Donald Trump, to become the 46th U.S. president. Biden won the Electoral College vote 306 to 232.
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5 days ago · Election, the formal process of selecting a person for public office or of accepting or rejecting a political proposition by voting. Elections are conducted through a variety of systems. Most countries hold elections in a formal sense, but in many of them the elections are uncompetitive or compromised.
5 days ago · WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - The 2024 U.S. presidential election is making history on many levels. It pits a former president, Republican Donald Trump, against the current one, Democrat Joe...
3 days ago · The era saw the passage of landmark legislation, such as antitrust laws, labor protections, women's suffrage, direct election of Senators, the Federal Reserve Act, and the implementation of personal income taxes, as reformers sought to address the challenges of industrialization and promote social justice and democracy. Progressive Movement
