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The difference between a primary and caucus, explained
Iowa. New Hampshire. Ohio. In the U.S. presidential election, why are some states...
What is a midterm election?
Situated two years into a presidential term in the United States, midterm elections...
What is Super Tuesday?
In the United States, Super Tuesday often solidifies the front-runner for each party's...
Understand the importance of electoral exit polling after an election
Learn about electoral exit polling.
Know about electoral opinion polling and how to get an accurate opinion poll
Learn about electoral polling.
Know about different types of elections and understand the electoral process in the United Kingdom
Learn about the voting process and different types of elections in the United Kingdom.
Understand how a general election in the United Kingdom works
Learn how general elections work in the United Kingdom in the early 21st century.
Understand the issue of voter turnout in the 2020 U.S. election, focusing on the younger generations
Learn more about voting rights and the issue of voter turnout in the 2020 U.S. election...
Images
2008 Canadian federal election results
Canada's 2008 federal election results.
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Afghans voting, 2009
Village elders casting their votes during a community council election in the Nawa...
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Freddy G. Cantu/U.S. Department of Defense (091014-M-9389C-057)
Polling place
A polling place sign posted at a polling station, Drake, Kentucky, November 2, 2010....
Tom Pennington—Getty Images/Thinkstock
Australian ballot
Voters participating in the secret ballot, or Australian ballot, system in the British...
Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Lincoln-Hamlin election poster
Election poster, campaign of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin, 1860, lithograph.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (LC-DIG-pga-07990)
Interactives
Guide to U.S. presidential election results
Who won and lost each U.S. presidential election? Find out.
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