Although major national political parties (Labor and Liberal) have contested each election, representatives of other local groups usually have held the balance of power in each assembly.
And on each election night of the primary campaign, from the Iowa caucuses through Super Tuesday, the cable channels offered chatter into the wee hours, while the networks were confined to brief interruptions of regular programming.
Or: "The meaning of each election is the promise of the next one". Most people think the meaning of an election is defined by the policies of the parties that contest it.
Republicans and Democrats hold a similar number of safe seats, so it is conceivable that the House could change hands each election, said Thomas E. Mann of Brookings.
By 1984, Mondale's disdain for the small screen had become a huge disability, and with each election the centrality of television has grown.
Present state law permits an individual to contribute up to $50,000 to a candidate for each election: a total of $100,000 for a primary and a general election campaign.
(Groups like Cook Political conduct interviews with dozens and dozens of potential candidates in advance of each election cycle).
At each election, voters choose half of the 22 upper house members, each of whom serve eight-year terms in a single statewide electorate.
All European Parliament election candidates and county-prefect and mayoral-election candidates receiving at least 10 percent of the vote are also entitled to receive reimbursement of costs in an amount determined by the government ahead of each election.
* Collecting detailed data on the mechanics of each election.
