What do most elections for local state and federal offices have in common

Votes.

Explanation:

They have votes in common because in every election there must be votes.

they are winner-takes-all elections

Explanation:

Representation should be given to the candidates who earn the most votes in winner-take-all voting systems (such as plurality and two-round runoffs). Everyone gets to vote, and the top vote-getters win. In addition, a candidate that succeeds is likely to share many of his or her constituents' beliefs and values.

lincoln declared that slavery should not be allowed to spread into the new states, and of course this angered the south at the time.

pepin the short[a] (german: pippin der kurze, french: pépin le bref, c. 714 – 24 september 768) was the king of the franks from 751 until his death. he was the first of the carolingians to become king.[b][2]

the younger son of the frankish prince charles martel and his wife rotrude, pepin's upbringing was distinguished by the ecclesiastical education he had received from the monks of st. denis. succeeding his father as the mayor of the palace in 741, pepin reigned over francia jointly with his elder brother carloman. pepin ruled in neustria, burgundy, and provence, while his brother carloman established himself in austrasia, alemannia and thuringia. the brothers were active in suppressing revolts led by the bavarians, aquitanians, saxons, and the alemanni in the early years of their reign. in 743, they ended the frankish interregnum by choosing childeric iii, who was to be the last merovingian monarch, as figurehead king of the franks.