The particular method associated with democracy is electoral competition.

Over 90% of House members are reelected every two years, due to lack of electoral competition.

Reformers wish to see laws changed in order to improve electoral competition and political equality.

As such there is no possibility of genuine electoral competition at any level of government, nor within the Party itself.

A constitutional revision in 1997-1998 allowed direct electoral competition between candidates of different ethnic groups for the first time.

It avoided electoral competition between candidates of different races.

Some argue that the way to increase electoral competition is to foster a lively, multiparty system.

"And that means that in the future we are going to see much more intense electoral competition."

One state in which gerrymandering has arguably had an adverse effect on electoral competition is California.

They proceed to add additional interest groups, a legislature with several independent politicians, and electoral competition between rival political parties.