electoral politics
Democracy's competitive process
Electoral politics refers to activities, strategies, and processes centered on winning elections and gaining political power through voting systems.
It encompasses campaigning, voter outreach, party organization, and the broader competition among candidates and parties for elected office.
The term often carries a slightly dismissive connotation when contrasted with grassroots activism or direct action: She grew disillusioned with electoral politics and turned to community organizing instead.
- ballotVoting document
- ballot boxContainer for cast votes
- canvassingSystematic direct voter outreach
- parliamentary systemLegislature-based executive governance
- stump speechCandidate's standard campaign oration
swing voter · swing state · down ballot · ticket splitting · suffrage · polling station · presidential system · referendum · gerrymandering · grassroots organizing · vote counting · voter registration · early voting · campaign finance · civic engagement · opposition research · proportional representation · party system
- Caribbean PoliticsCuba, Haiti, Jamaica, Bahamas, Barbados
- US HistoryAmerican Revolution, US history, Civil War, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln
- political mediaCNN, MSNBC, NPR, PBS, Fox News
- VenezuelaCaracas, Simon Bolivar, arepa, Bolivar, cuatro
electoral politicshereditary monarchy
Kingship through family descent
absolute monarchy · authoritarianism · dictatorship · autocracy · military junta
electoral politicsinsurrection
Violent uprising against authority
armed struggle · revolution · anarchism · direct action · revolutionary politics
electoral politicsauthoritarian rule
Centralized, unaccountable power
tyranny · despotism · martial law · puppet regime · colonial rule
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