Winner-takes-all elections, or plurality elections, are the most common elections in the United States. In this system, the winner of the election is the one who receives the most votes. These elections help ensure that the will of the majority prevails, but they also can leave the will o...
Winner-takes-all elections, or plurality elections, are the most common elections in the United States. In this system, the winner of the election is the one who receives the most votes. These elections help ensure that the will of the majority prevails, but they also can leave the will o...
U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner tells ABC News that the contentious battle over the debt limit and the threat of default had damaged confidence in the economy and that credit rating agencies would “take a careful look” at whether lawmakers have the will to reduce deficits. Despite th...
在每一州中获得选举人票数最多的总统候选人便赢得该州的全部选举人票(winner-take-all)。获胜者必须拥有半数选票,即多于538/2,至少270张。如果没有候选人获得270张选举人票,宪法规定众议院投票选举总统。 Primary Elections (预选) Political parties choose their presidential nominees through primary elections and...
In modern democratic countries, the two main electoral systems are majoritarian representation systems and proportional representation systems. In majoritarian systems—also known as winner-take-all systems—the country is divided up into districts. Candidates compete for these individual district seats. The...
美国联邦直辖区,即美国首都华盛顿)的3名选举人共___构成选举团人538(theElectoralCollege)。在每一州中获得选举人票数最多的总统候选人便赢得该州的全部选举人票(winner-take-all)。获胜者必须拥有半数选票,即多于538/2,至少270张。如果没有候选人获得270张选举人票,宪法规定众议院投票选举总统。
Connecticut Republicans will pick nominees in state primaries on Tuesday to challenge two longtime Democratic lawmakers, U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy and U.S. Rep. Jim Himes.
The Electoral College: The Electoral College was initially established by the Founding Fathers when they wrote the U.S. Constitution. The Electoral College is described in Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution. Since it was originally ratified in the 18th century, two amendments have since ma...
to accept “this was a satisfactory service call.” You won’t even let me say the dealer followed up and leave it at that, because I can’t say that (which is true) without answering all the other questions and risking another round of fawning attention if the answers are less than ...
Right now, Trump is leading in the polls in these states, too. But if the remaining candidates say this: "Don't vote for me in Ohio, vote for John Kasich (governor of Ohio); don't vote for me in Florida, vote for Rubio," and so on, with some large winner-take-all states goin...