Concept information
Preferred term
congressional elections
Definition
- Congressional elections are the world's oldest broadly popular elections. The House of Representatives was elected by popular vote in 1788, forty years before most presidential electors were chosen that way. [Source: Elections A to Z; Congressional Elections]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/congressional_elections
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