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Election

An election is a group decision-making process whereby a portion or all of a population or group votes to choose an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office or other position of responsibility.

History, Systems & Undemocratic or unfair elections

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Overview

History

Contexts

Electorate

Candidates

Systems

Campaigns

Timing

Undemocratic or unfair elections

Aristocratic

Bibliography

Election organizations

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Election

Nodes190
Edges189
Triples250
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.010526
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Election

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related to Bibliography · 53
Election → Alan, American Political Science Review, Arrow, Benoit, Bernard, Chicago, Chicago Press, Citizens, Confrontation Between, Constitutional Democracy, Corrado Maria, Creating, CT, Daclon, Democracy, Dennis, Fair Electoral Process, IL, Individual Values, Interview With Professor Massimo
related to Election organizations · 19
Election → ACE Electoral Knowledge Network, April, Council, Democracy, Democratic Institutions, Electoral AssistanceEuropean Conferences, Electoral Management Bodies, Electoral SystemsInternational Institute, Eurela, Europe, European Election Law Association, Human Rights, International Foundation, Local Elected Offices, ODIHR, OSCE Office, Technology Project, United States Archived, Wayback MachineCaltech/ MIT Voting
related to history · 17
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related to Timing · 17
Election → Finland, For, France, In, Ireland, Other, Postponing, Predetermined, President, Russia, The, There, They, This, United Kingdom, United States, Wartime
related to Aristocratic · 16
Election → According, Ancient Greece, Aristotle, Bernard Manin, Evidence, French, From, On, Prior, Some, Such, The, These, This, Ultimately, Western Europe
related to Election counts · 14
Election → Database, Election Tracker, European, Marx, National Elections Database, National-level Electionsparties-and-elections, PARLINE, Pons, Psephos, Reid Global Monitor, Results, Rollet, Version, Worldwide Coverage
related to Interference with campaigns · 13
Election → Bahrain, China, Exclusion, Foreign, Hungary, In, Latvia, Qatar, Russia, Soviet Union, Taiwan, Those, United States
related to Electoral systems · 12
Election → Different, First-past-the-post, In, In First-past-the-post, Ireland, It, Many, Plurality, The, The Netherlands, Toronto, United Kingdom
related to Voting population · 12
Election → At, BC, Elections, Great Britain, Historically, Kingdom, Lex Julia, Naturalization, Roman Republic, Rome, United States, With
related to Candidates · 8
Election → Although, Athens, Europe, Holy Roman, In, Non-partisan, North America, Rome

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Electionis agroup decision-making process whereby a portion or all of a population or group votes to choose an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office or other position of…0.90text
Electionis aelection that is held purely for show0.90text
referendums are referred to as electionsinstance ofso sometimes other forms of balloting0.80text
especially in the United Statesinstance ofso sometimes other forms of balloting0.80text
the Holy Roman Emperorinstance ofand throughout the Medieval period to select rulers0.80text
the United Kingdominstance ofEarly elections in countries0.80text
the United States were dominated by landed or ruling class malesinstance ofEarly elections in countries0.80text
a fine for not casting a voteinstance ofEligible voters may be subject to punitive measures0.80text
through a minimum age requirementinstance ofwith some possible exceptions0.80text
the UKinstance ofin any country where first past the post is used in numerous separate districts0.80text
a party winning plurality in a majority of constituencies wins majority governmentinstance ofin any country where first past the post is used in numerous separate districts0.80text
but they often do not have a majority of votesinstance ofin any country where first past the post is used in numerous separate districts0.80text

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