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Voting and Elections
Learning Objectives
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In general, after you finish reading and studying this chapter, you should understand the following: - the purposes served by elections, particularly their importance in legitimizing the political system
- different kinds of elections from primaries and caucuses to congressional and presidential elections
- how presidential elections work
- how congressional elections work and how they differ from presidential elections
- how voters behave
- voter turnout and whether America's low levels are a problem
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