why does America  have elections for every 2 years?
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Actually its every 2 years for the house, 4 years for president, and 6 years for the senate
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American politics is often described as a pendulum.  It swings this way, and then that way, and back again.
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A lack of decent candidates. If there were a decent, honest candidate running for office, more people would be energized and excited to vote. We've had pretty poor people to choose from the last 2 election cycles and the voter turnout has declined in both.
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Only two people  get most of the publicity when running for president because there are only two major parties for president (but there are usually not as known independent parties who run with less media ads due to lesser money resources)...and the presidential candidates are eliminated in separate day events... There is also the Primary after nominations, don't forget... Miss America is chosen in one night and do not have to campaign nation-wide before running. It would be much harder to choose a president out of 50 people over less than a hand-full... It would be harder to keep track of that many people in debates on TV.. Plus the type of people who actually participate in voting for these two positions are totally different. The process of electing Miss America is also DIFFERENT because there is no electoral college that can override the popular vote.
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They may serve up to two 4-year terms\n\nAfter the primaries and convention select the candidates, tehy run on the national level
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The Presidential election is in 2008, but you will probably start hearing about the those who plan to run for president now since the Senate and Representative races are over, as of yesterday. \nThe Presidential term is 4 years and he can be reelected once for a second term for a total of 8 years.\nPresident Bush was initially elected in November, 2000,  so yes he was in office at the time of the 9/11 attack;  it was just a little under his one year anniversary.  \n\nAnybody that calls you a stupid retard is really one themselves.  There is no such thing as a dumb question if you don't know or don't understand the answer.\nI give you a lot of credit for asking this question on Yahoo Q&A.
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The midterm election is the two year dividing mark between the presidential elections. Generally speaking, the midterm election is a referendum on the president, particularly if there is a second midterm election (the president was re-elected) because the president has been in power for six years and people are either loving the president or are dissatisfied with the president. \n\nIt is not at all unusual for the president's party to fall out of favor in the second midterm.
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Thanks for the question. I think it is sad how few people vote in every election. People argue passionately but then never vote in elections.\n\nGet registered and vote!! It is your duty as an American citizen.
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Because our Congressmen are reelected every 2 years and the Senators are reelected every 6 years, which are staggared so that different senators are up for reelection every 2 years. We hold the midterm elections in order to vote for these officials.
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There are many more than two parties.  Some of the others have been elected and hold office locally and nationally.  The big two tie up most of the money and have the PR firms to groom their image, speech writers and campiagn managers to distract you from the issues.  The rest run on issues, which most people don't seem to understand.  Also Americans have an awful habit of wanting to vote for a winner instead of who they beleive would do the best job.  The two parties dominate because we are lazy voters.
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2 years.\nThere is no limit to how many times they can be re-elected.
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Assuming that by "congressional" you mean the House of Representatives, their elections are every two years.
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everyone certified in america votes for anyone who's running, every other week they ttake off the canidate who has the lowest amount of votes. This is how it is supposed to work, for an exception of the Bush Regime.
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Well, that's part of America's government. Because we are actually a republic (and NOT a democracy) like the idiots on television like to say, we vote for people to represent us. So in a sense, the people do decide by electing representatives on their own behalf who represent their own beliefs to go to Washington to do crap.\n\nAs where in a democracy, the people vote on absolutely everything, which is expensive.
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Nothing gets done.  Generally used in the last 2 years of a term, especially when he is elected for a second time.
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We would end up tying up the political process for years on ONE election alone. It would be better to level the playing field and put caps on money spent on an election. If that is done then there would be an increase of people able to run therefore more quality in candidates. Big corporations would no longer have control of politics.
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We live in a Republic and not a Democracy. That means that we elect  electors, who vote for us. There is no federal ballot process. Only a couple of states like California have ballot propositions, which is why it is legal there. Can't happen federally.