election

When citizens vote to choose representatives or make a decision.

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US and modern democracies that's almost always a process of voters casting ballots and the process of tallying those up. Though, in other political systems selection can be done within a party. Someone might be elected to a position through a party vote or party selection, especially in non-democratic societies.

Semantic Relatives

Campaign

General

Government

Primary

Run

Vote

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