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Electoral geography

Alright, kiddo! So, you know how when we vote for the president or other important people, we have to go to a certain place (like a school or community center) to vote?

Well, that place is called a "polling station," and it's in a certain area of our town or city. The people who live in that area all go to that same polling station to vote.

Electoral geography is all about studying those different areas and how the people who live there vote. It's like making a map of all the different polling stations and seeing which ones have more people who vote for one person or another.

Sometimes, the people who live in one part of town might have different opinions and beliefs than the people who live in another part of town. Electoral geography helps us understand those patterns and how they can affect elections.

So, basically, electoral geography helps us understand how different groups of people in different areas vote, and how those votes add up to determine who wins an election. Do you understand?
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