Every two years Americans elect members of the House of Representatives to two-year terms and about one-third of their Senators, who serve six-year terms. The House of Representatives and the Senate make up the U.S. Congress. Presidents are elected to four-year terms. The elections in which Americans vote for their congressional representatives but not for president are known as midterm elections, which this year will be on November 7, 2006. Thirty-six states will also vote for their governors this year. The next presidential election will be in November 2008.
Currently the Republicans hold a small majority of seats in both houses of Congress. Because Congress has the power to pass laws and determine how funds are spent, the outcome of the midterm elections could greatly impact U.S. politics and law.
General Election
-Center for Voting and Democracy
-Council on Foreign Relations: Campaign 2004
-Democracy in Action P2004, Race for the Presidency
-Election Law and the Courts
-Election 2004: Primary, Caucus, and Convention Phase
-Elections 2004 (Univ. of Michigan)
-Elections-Compiled by Government Documents Round Table (GODORT) ALA
-Elections Guide 2004: DOS-IIP E-Journal
-Federal & State Election Resources
-Foreign Press Centers
-Campaign 2004 Web Links
-League of Women Voters
-Politics1 Presidency 2004
-Project Vote Smart
-U.S. Elections 2004: DOS-IIP Publication
-U.S. Midterm Elections 2006: DOS-IIP Website
-U.S. Federal Election Commission
-United States Politics and Elections
-Yahoo - Presidential Election 2004
Electoral College
-Center for Voting and Democracy
-Federal Election Commission
-National Archives and Records Administration
Election Reform & Campaign Finance
-Election Reform: CRS Report
-Election Reform Information Project
-Campaign Finance: Constitutional and Legal Issues of Soft Money, 4 Feb. 2004
-Supreme Court Decision on Campaign Finance Reform, 10 Dec. 2003
-Center for Responsive Politics
-Political Money Line
-Combined Federal/State Disclosure And Election Directory
-New Contribution Limits
-Brookings Institution, Campaign Finance Reform: A Sourcebook
Political Parties
-Bush/Cheney 04
-Democratic Party
-Democratic Part Platform for 2004
-Republican National Committee
-Republican Party Platform for 2004
Third Parties
-Nader-Camejo 2004
-Constitution Party
-Green Party
-Libertarian Party
-Natural Law Party
-Reform Party
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