Crash Course US Government #36 Election Basics
1) Why do we have elections in the first place?
Name: Kyl
2) What does "adverse selection actually mean and how does it apply to US
elections?
3) How do elections make candidates more accountable?
4) What does the Constitution say about elections?
5) What does the Constitution say about senatorial elections?
6) What does the Constitution say about when elections happen?
7) Give an example of how Congress itself has tried to make elections more fair:
8) Who decides the boundaries for Congressional election districts?
9) Although we say majority rules, we actually follow the Plurality Rule. What does
that mean?
10) Forty-eight out of fifty states use "winner take all" rules. Which states do not?
11) One result of the plurality rules create two-party systems as explained by
Duverger's Law. What does that mean for third parties in America?