| 单词 | district system |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdistrict system district system n. U.S. a system of electing members to the House of Representatives by electing one member for each district of a State (see sense 3d). ΚΠ 1816 Deb. Congr. U.S. 20 Mar. (1854) 214 Under the district system,..the weight of Pennsylvania, great as she is, dwindled down to a solitary vote. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXIII. 581/2 The House of Representatives is composed of members elected by popular vote... Each State is at liberty under the Constitution to adopt either the ‘general ticket’ system, i.e., the plan of electing all its members by one vote over the whole State, or to elect them in one-membered districts (the ‘district system’). < as lemmas |
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