congressional election
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congressional
adjective[before noun]
uk/kəŋˈɡreʃ.ən.əl/us/kəŋˈɡreʃ.ən.əl/
belonging or related to the ...
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election
noun[C or U]
uk/iˈlek.ʃən/us/iˈlek.ʃən/
a time when people vote in order to choose someone for a political or ...
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(Definition ofcongressionalandelectionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The average (199,685) is derived from total numbers of votes cast in the 1996congressionalelection (86,863,000) divided by the number of seats elected (435).
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Over the next twelve years, the profound sectional polarity seizing the nation would insinuate itself into the basic structure of thecongressionalelectionseason.
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For much of the country's first hundred years, diversity, not uniformity, was a defining feature of thecongressionalelectionschedule.
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This expectation is founded on the fact that the sequential character of thecongressionalelectionseason was not peculiar to the congressional venue.
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I tested this by taking the number of ' opportunities ' in eachcongressionalelectionthat women voters had to show their support of women candidates.
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That is, was turnout progressively depressed as acongressionalelectionwas set one month, three months, six months, or more out from that season's presidential contest?
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Two of the greatest hindrances to this type of research were the unavailability of historical congressional district boundary maps and historicalcongressionalelectionmaps.
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The official seats are 113 while there is now one vacancy till next generalcongressionalelectionscheduled in 2016.
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Thecongressionalelectioncoincided with the first popular election of delegates to the territorial legislature.
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Thus, the re-polarization of congressional elections lagged behind the polarization of national presidential politics.
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For both issues, the divergence between presidential and congressional elections becomes apparent from around 1964.
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We examine the effects of voting for the winners and losers of presidential and congressional elections on political trust.
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Although voting in presidential elections became more partisan relative to congressional elections, cross-party voting in congressional elections persisted.
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This runs against work on congressional elections arguing that they are non-ideological.
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An examination of historical trends in party polarization reveals a striking divergence between presidential and congressional elections around the mid-1960s.
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After 1964, the level of cross-party voting in presidential elections declines, while cross-party voting in congressional elections stays relatively constant.
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The outcome of the 1994 mid-term congressional elections caught many politicians, pundits, incumbents and scholars by surprise.
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Those who responded as winners on at least two of the three questions (presidential elections, congressional elections and future expectations) are classified as winners.
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Congressional elections in 1882 replaced the lower house's membership as well as a portion of the senate.
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Despite these changes in presidential elections, however, cross-party voting in congressional elections persisted.
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