ElectionsElections In the USAPresidential elections are held every 4 years, beginning in 1788. Both the President and Vice President are elected by getting a majority of electors. Political parties are discouraged (for the time being
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Senate elections are held every 6 years. Each state has two senators, elected in different years. Initial senators from Class 2 and Class 3 will be appointed by the governor. Class 1 Senators will be selected by state legislatures.
All Representatives are up for election every 2 years. Initially, there are 87 representatives, apportioned proportionally.
# of Representatives
CT: 10, MA: 22, NH: 6, NJ: 8, NY: 19, PA: 19, RI: 3
Each state also selects a governor and state government.
States which vote for both Governor and State Legislature: Connecticut, New Hampshire, New York
States which vote for State Legislature, which chooses Governor: Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode Island
Pennsylvania has a unicameral legislature, half of which is voted for, which then votes for the governor, who then chooses the remaining half (this system is obsolete and replaced by the MA/NJ/RI system by 1790)
Gubernatorial elections/selections in 1788: MA, NH, PA, RI
In 1790: CT, MA, NH, NJ, NY
Election day is always the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November
Elections in the CRASenatorial elections are held every four years, beginning in 1790. Each state gets one senator per 115,000 people, with a cap at 4.
DE: 1, GA: 1, MD: 3, NC: 3, SC: 2, VA: 4 (Total: 20)
Gubernatorial elections are held every four years in all states except Georgia, which hold them every six years. On the second February of every even year, beginning in 1790, the governors meet and select a president.
All elections in the CRA are Democratic (I know, surprising!)
Gubernatorial elections held in 1790: GA (next in 1796), MD, NC, SC, VA
In 1792: DE
Election day is the third Sunday in September.
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