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presidential elections  

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  • Process that occurs every four years in which American voters elect the president of the United States. The original electoral system aspired to be a republic, in which sovereign power resided in the people and was exercised by their elected representatives. [Source: Student's Guide to the Presidency; Elections, Presidential]

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