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Notably in each historical case above, there had been a concurrent, decisive, change in the political composition of both the incoming Congress and the executive administration, brought about by a robust national debate in the just prior election. From the standpoint of democratic political theory therefore, the national election, and its outcome, had worked as intended in carrying out the process of the democratic formulation of public policy alternatives, as embodied by the people's selection of a specified group of individuals who embodied those public policy choices.

That material is unsourced and appears to simply be a conclusion reached from material earlier mentioned in that section. This violates the ban on original research, specifically for being unsourced synthesis.

If reliable sourcing is added, that material can be restored to the article. Before such restoration, I recommend wording improvements. SMP0328. (talk) 18:30, 21 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Why not change election day?

Congress set the date for elections as the Constitution allows it to; it could have shortened the time between elections and taking office by setting an election date in February; by the 30s travel wasn't nearly as difficult in winter as it had been before 1900. Changing election day requires no amendment to the Constitution. 4.233.194.21 (talk) 01:22, 22 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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 If [[Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources|reliable sourcing]] is added, that material can be restored to the article. Before such restoration, I recommend wording improvements. [[User:SMP0328.|SMP0328.]] ([[User talk:SMP0328.|talk]]) 18:30, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
+== Why not change election day? ==
+Congress set the date for elections as the Constitution allows it to; it could have shortened the time between elections and taking office by setting an election date in February; by the 30s travel wasn't nearly as difficult in winter as it had been before 1900.  Changing election day requires no amendment to the Constitution. [[Special:Contributions/4.233.194.21|4.233.194.21]] ([[User talk:4.233.194.21|talk]]) 01:22, 22 December 2010 (UTC)