federal elections
Countrywide ballot events
Federal elections are votes to choose officials for a national government, as distinct from state, provincial, or local elections.
In the United States, federal elections select the president, vice president, and members of Congress: Voter turnout is typically higher in federal elections than in midterms.
The term emphasizes the level of government involved rather than any particular voting system.
- party platformsOfficial political position statements
- campaign trailRoute of electoral speechmaking
- political adPaid electoral promotion
- constituencyElectoral district's voters
- ballotVoting document
ballot papers · mail-in ballot · voter turnout · senator · gerrymandering · campaign finance · redistricting · election law · political boundaries · electoral commission · ranked-choice voting · voter suppression · polling station · recount · congressperson · electoral college · election monitoring · swing state
- electionsballot, ballots, voter registration, candidates, polls
- US Governmentexecutive branch, legislative branch, judicial branch, Congress, House
- federalismstates' rights, enumerated powers, limited government, supremacy clause, Federalist Papers
- democracyvote, voting, election, ballot, ballots
- Canadian Issueshealth care, housing crisis, First Nations, climate change, carbon tax
- Canadian rightsright to vote, equality rights, legal rights, civil liberties, language rights
federal electionslocal elections
Contests for regional office
municipal elections · county elections · state elections · mayoral elections · village elections
federal electionspolitical appointments
Government roles filled by selection
royal succession · military coup · presidential appointments · judicial appointments · hereditary monarchy
federal electionsone-party rule
Governance by one faction
dictatorship · totalitarian regime · dynastic succession · military junta · rigged elections