What different types of elections are held in the United States?
What rules determine who wins elections? • Three types of elections are held in the United States: primary elections, general elections, and runoff elections. • Some states also provide for referendum and recall voting. • Most European nations employ an electoral system that uses proportional representation. • American elections are either plurality (general elections) or absolute majority (primaries with runoffs). III. How does the government determine the boundaries of electoral districts? • The boundaries for congressional and state legislative districts in the United States are redrawn by the states every ten years in response to population changes determined by the decennial census. • During the process of redistricting, political groups try to gerrymander the boundaries to serve their interests. • The Republican party has recently pushed for until-now unusual mid-decade redistricting to get more Republicans in the House. • The use of race to draw congressional district boundaries
