Reduction in party cohesion, the surge in the power of Political Action Committees, and the new found necessity of gaining the Independent vote are 3 factors that have all led Presidential candidates to sever the political umbilical cord that has tied them to their parties for almost 2 centuries. The simple formulas of political success found in the warm apple pie days of the 20's, late 40's, and 50's are gone. ... A majority of the citizens in this country easily overwhelm Republicans and third party members but can never seem to get the vote out or encourage much party loyalty...

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One rationale for online voting is found in the convenience it brings to the voting experience. ... One of these major challenges is the possibility of hackers using hundreds of different attack programs or viruses that could easily corrupt the online voting network. ... When the system is easily understood, people know what to expect. ...

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I have selected the UK as it is both the "original and best-known example" (Lijphart, 1999, p.9) of the majoritarian model, while the Netherlands is a strong consensus democracy and is easily comparable to the UK as both countries are European and parliamentary countries. While I realise that the comparison between these two countries is insufficient to make conclusive claims about consensus and majoritarian systems as a whole, it does allow us to see how both systems perform in practice and therefore any results found could be used to make general observations about their democratic...

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The question of how to correct the problem of a coherently unified defense against foreign power was easily answered with the creation of a national army; but how could this new government protect states' interests from themselves within the confines of a democratic governmental system? ... They found the majority of the American population unfit to govern themselves without constraint, but did see the virtue inherent within the idea behind a democracy itself. ...

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He found the controversy not even in economic level but in economic structure. ... As it can be easily suggested, when states make citizens to pay taxes they also develop the organic accountability and self-conciseness of the population. ...

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In a pluralist country such as America, there are numerous opinions over what society's goals should be, and the best method of achieving them. In theory, every American citizen has an equal say in the political affairs of this county. By participating in politics, people air their voices and thereby contribute to nation through representatives, hence the term representative democracy. It may seem to be beyond argument that political participation is a key objective in all democratic institutions. However, there is room for legitimate disagreement about the health of our democracy, in reg...

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