<span>Voter turnout rates are significantly higher in presidential elections compared to congressional elections. The lower turn out can be traced to less media coverage allotted to congressional elections generally. Specifically, each local congressional candidate receives less coverage than the presidential candidates due to the fact that websites and television stations catering to the whole US will cover each presidential candidate extinsively to attract views from the whole nation but coverage of congressional candidate will mainly attract views from that candidate's constituency and thus be less profitable.</span>
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The unprecedented levels of production in domestic manufacturing and commercial agriculture during this period greatly strengthened the American economy and reduced dependence on imports. The Industrial Revolution resulted in greater wealth and a larger population in Europe as well as in the United States.
The Xiognu brutally conquered other nomadic tribes, often killing their leaders and forcibly incorporating them into the Xiongnu state. This created resentment among the various conquered peoples, which, coupled with some uncertainty regarding an heir to the throne, led to a civil war in the Xiongnu state from 60-53 BC.
