national elections
Citizens choose leaders
National elections are votes held across an entire country to choose governmental leaders or decide major issues.
The term typically refers to elections for the highest offices—president, prime minister, or national legislature—as opposed to local or regional contests.
Voter turnout tends to spike during national elections.
In federal systems, national elections are distinguished from state or provincial ones.
- debatesFormal argumentative exchanges
- political partiesOrganized electoral coalitions
- voter turnoutShare of eligible citizens voting
- get out the voteEffort to boost turnout
- electoral collegeIntermediary voting delegation system
popular vote · ranked-choice voting · campaign finance · first-past-the-post · parliament · voter registration · ballot box · absentee voting · mail-in voting · swing states · proportional representation · civic engagement · coalition government · gerrymandering · constitutional amendments · down ballot · executive branch · political advertising
- governmentgovernment, ministries, legislature, judiciary, executive branch
- East GermanyStasi, GDR, DDR, Berlin Wall, East Germany
- Hungary 1989democratic transition, regime change, round table talks, border opening, Iron Curtain
national electionslocal elections
Contests for regional office
municipal elections · local races · county elections · village elections · state elections
national electionsmilitary coup
Armed seizure of government
dictatorship · hereditary monarchy · one-party rule · martial law · dynastic succession
national electionsrevolution
Violent governmental overthrow
popular uprising · coup d'état · mob rule · civil war · anarchy