Our democratic system is indeed uniquely American and different from most of the other world democracies. ... Influences on the two-party system of America date all the way back to 1804 with the federalist and anti-federalist parties. The American democratic systemprimary distinguishing factor regarding political parties is our two-party system. ... In the American two-party system it is evident that only the major party players republicans and democrats have the chance to strive in national elects. ... These functions of our democratic two-party system seem to make the bigger par...

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Bush runs for re-election in 2004, in general are you more likely to vote for Bush or for the Democratic Party's candidate for president?" ... Bush runs for re-election in 2004, in general are you more likely to vote for Bush or for the Democratic Party's candidate for president?" ... Bush runs for re-election in 2004, in general are you more likely to vote for Bush, for the Democratic Party's candidate, other, or not sure?" ... Bush runs for re-election in 2004, in general are you more likely to vote for Bush, for the Democratic Party's candidate, other, or not sure?" ...

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Democratic ideas always start out good but in the long run people start thinking, why the hell did I vote for that. ... Now I"m not real big on politics however I"m take a flying leap and say that the democratic party has all these great ideas, but when they come in to play the ideas that were once set in stone have suddenly remolded into something totally different. ...

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Tocqueville's famous theory of "The Tyranny of the Majority" is often quoted by both Democratic and Republican parties; and always to their advantage. Tocqueville did for Democratic government, what Aristotle did for drama (Dean). ... The first being, that there are enough checks and balances in our democratic system to prevent a national crisis; like freedom and equality of all people to vote which allows them to voice their opinion. The last election was a test of our democratic system. Tocqueville had a great impact on American government, and in the area of political thought; withou...

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In The War Room, there was a scene in which the campaign staff is deciding on whether or not to have homemade signs in the audience of the Democratic National Convention. ... There is almost a certain guarantee of voters from people loyal to the party. ... On Democratic Presidential candidate Howard Dean's website, there is a link in which Dean supporters may write letters to those voters who are undecided. ...

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The spaniel of political parties? Perhaps, but who drives the special interests, the media, and the political parties? ... It is the people who ultimately decide what is democratic and what is not. ... Several amendments have since been passed to make our society a much more democratic one. ... What could be more democratic than that! ...

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Citizen Participation in American Politics Elections and Democracy Three Theories l Responsible party government » Elections should present a "real choice": - Political parties should stand for different policies, - The voters should choose between them, and - The winning party should carry out its mandate l Electoral reward and punishment » Voters simply make backward-looking judgments about how well incumbent officials have done » , Rewarding success with reelection and punishing failure l Electoral competition » Parties compete for votes by ...

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Political participation is very important for a democratic nation like ours and without it the country would fall apart. ... Partisanship is the voter identification for a specific political party, such as the Democratic or Republican parties. ... Also, many voters feel that the differences between the Republican and Democratic parties are dwindling. ... The people feel like the party outline of the Democrats and Republicans are similar. Also, it is rare that a third party would win in a major election. ...

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Political participation is very important for a democratic nation like ours and without it the country would fall apart. ... Partisanship is the voter identification for a specific political party, such as the Democratic or Republican parties. ... Also, many voters feel that the differences between the Republican and Democratic parties are dwindling. ... The people feel like the party outline of the Democrats and Republicans are similar. Also, it is rare that a third party would win in a major election. ...

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They even went as far as to scare blacks away from the polling booths, and made misleading ballots to trick the blacks that could not read into voting for the democratic candidates. Blacks were for the republican party because it stood for equal rights, and the democratic party wanted oppression of the black people. ...

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Then there is the power position the two main parties hold. Third parties have little chance under the current electoral system. ... Lets get rid of the archaic and unnecessary intricacies of the Electoral College and have democratic elections for a change. ...

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They offer suggestions on how our government could rekindle the passion for the democratic system that was so prevalent during the past century and a half. The authors also acknowledge the apathy displayed by today's citizens over the democratic process as well as reasons for the discontent. ... The two authors discuss various faults in our democratic process. ... But to prevent a party-line vote from tossing the Chief Executive, the Senate requires a two-thirds vote. ... A third problem with the current democratic system involves how those we elect to hold office are motivated to m...

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Basically that the more fortunate should look out for the interests of the less fortunate through themselves and their party. ... I would conclude that it is a form of democratic system in which representatives put forward policies which they deem to be in the best interests of the public they represent. ... However, if they do not they are almost certain to lose support not only from the public but also from peers who share the same party ideals. ... For example in a first past the post situation with two main parties, one could gain 49% of the vote with the other having 51% o...

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Both democratic and republican parties were too close to each other. ... May be they get deals from the political parties to increase the votes from them. ... They can vote for that 75% of the population for the party they want to win. Once again they may not like the party they are working for but they might get huge amount of money out of them. ...

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I believe that the Democrats should have been the victorious party for the presidential election of the year 2000. For the past eight years the Democratic Party has defiantly restructure America, helped to improve the educational process, and have simply represented the working class. ...

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