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An electoral district is a geographically-defined area from which voting members of the national legislature are elected, usually by the resident voters of that electoral district. Virtually every nation uses electoral districts as part of its election system. Chapter 7 discusses those few nations that elect all members of the national legislature nationwide.
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The United States Senate is an example. In the U.S. each state has two Senators elected by FPTP in staggered terms statewide.
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An exception exists in the United States, where residents of the District of Columbia (National Capitol) do not have a voting member of Congress.
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Bickerstaff, S. (2020). The World’s Use of Electoral Districts. In: Election Systems and Gerrymandering Worldwide. Studies in Choice and Welfare. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30837-7_3
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