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Well, he said, his party starts getting ready for the next election the day after the last one, and he spends all day every day meeting with voters in their homes, in their wedding parties, circumcision ceremonies, and then he meets with his colleagues to compare notes.
Last June, I moved from America, ran in July election and won.
I used to question this advice, and eight years ago we had an election in Kenya, and the results were violently disputed.
What followed that election was terrible violence, rape, and the killing of over 1,000 people.
Here in the United States, I think you see it in this election campaign: a longing for change.
Most people have heard of the Electoral College during presidential election years.
Since 1964, there have been 538 electors in each presidential election.
That's because a candidate can't completely ignore small states, because in a close election, every electoral vote counts.
In the past four election cycles, Ohio and Florida have been swing states, twice providing electoral votes for a Democratic candidate, and twice providing electoral votes for a Republican candidate.
And do not forget, when you are watching the electoral returns on election night every four years and the big map of the United States is on the screen, know that the magic number is 270 and start adding.
Australia had an election.
Imagine it's election time, and you've selected a political candidate based on their promise to make it cheaper for drivers to fill up on gas.
It was in the run up to the Iraq War and during two election cycles.
I had the endorsement from the New York Daily News, the Wall Street Journal snapped pictures of me on election day, and CNBC called it one of the hottest races in the country.
But on election day, the polls were right, and I only got 19 percent of the vote, and the same papers that said I was a rising political star now said I wasted 1.3 million dollars on 6,321 votes.
I held on when I showed up in Washington DC as a young staffer, who had heard a voice call out from Illinois, saying, "It's been a long time coming, but in this election, change has come to America."
The next time there's a local district attorney's election in your jurisdiction, ask candidates these questions.
And for these Americans, government is more than just a presidential election every four years.
And even the election of a nationalist party in Taiwan that's pro-independence earlier this year does not undermine this fundamental dynamic.
The most we could do in those days was fire off a letter and wait for the next election.
By the time the next election comes, I believe every candidate will have to disclose where they stand on the abolition of fossil fuels.
For many people across the political spectrum, Exhibit A is the 2016 presidential election.
In Brazil, election day is a festive, carnival-type atmosphere.
He got himself registered, and then he got educated about the upcoming primary election, and on election day he was out there not just passing out stickers, but chatting up voters and encouraging people to vote, and talking about the election with passersby.
When politics becomes just a presidential election, we yell and we scream at our screens, and then we collapse, exhausted.
In the 2012 presidential election, young voters, Latino voters, Asian-American voters, low-income voters, all showed up at less than 50 percent.
And in your average local election, turnout hovers somewhere around 20 percent.
I volunteered on election day to do exit polling.
My city, New York City, was reeling and healing, and in the midst of it, we were in an election cycle.
Five months after that election, the newly elected mayor appointed me the first Commissioner of Immigrant Affairs for this newly established office.
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