Election in USA

Description of election in United States of America.......

House of Representatives elections of United States of America:The House of Representatives has 435 members, elected for a two-year term in single-seat constituencies. House of Representatives elections are held every two years on the first Tuesday after November 1 in even years. 

House elections are first-past-the-post elections that elect a Representative from each of 435 House districts which cover the United States. Special House elections can occur between if a member dies or resigns during a term. The non-voting delegates of Washington, D.C. and the territories of American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands are also elected.

As the redistricting commissions of states are often partisan, districts are often drawn which benefit incumbents. An increasing trend has been for incumbents to have an overwhelming advantage in House elections, and since the 1994 election, an unusually low number of seats has changed hands in each election. Due to gerrymandering, fewer than 10% of all House seats are contested in each election cycle. Over 90% of House members are reelected every two years, due to lack of electoral competition. 

Gerrymandering of the House, combined with the divisions inherent in the design of the Senate and of the Electoral College, result in a discrepancy between the percentage of popular support for various political parties and the actual level of the parties' representation.

    

Population (as of July 1, 2013)316,668,567

Registered Voters (as of )   

Elections in our database 25

   

Average Turnout 51.65%

Election For       Date                Votes             Registered          Turn
                                                                        Voters                 Out
President            2016-11-08     -                      -                         -
House of
Representatives  2016-11-08     -                      -                         -
Senate                 2016-11-08     -                      -                        -
Senate                 2014-11-04     -                      -                        -
House of
Representatives  2014-11-04     -                      -                        -
House of
Representatives  2012-11-06    124,793,121    213,803,482     58.37%
President            2012-11-06    129,085,403     213,803,482     60.38%
Senate                2012-11-06     93,561,320      213,803,482     43.76%
House of
Representatives  2010-11-02     90,706,582     186,983,927      48.51%
Senate                 2010-11-02     90,706,582     186,983,927      48.51%
President             2008-11-04     131,257,328   186,983,927    70.2%
Senate                 2008-11-04     64,862,287     186,983,927       34.69%
House of
Representatives  2008-11-04     122,586,293    186,983,927     65.56%
Senate                 2006-11-07     -                      174,849,216     -
House of
Representatives  2006-11-07     -                       174,849,216     -
President            2004-11-02     125,736,000     215,694,000     58.29%
Senate                2004-11-02     -                        210,421,000     -
House of

Representatives  2004-11-02     -                        210,421,000     -
Senate                2002-11-05     41,689,666        205,800,000     20.26%
House of
Representatives 2002-11-05     74,706,555        205,800,000      36.3%