The democratic principle, however, stipulates that the people are the source of the power, not political parties, benefactors, patrons, or even their representatives, who could simply go unelected once their terms end and the dissatisfied people are ready for change. ... A paradoxical tension arises that nature can only regulate by violating one of the principles, democratic or federalist. ... This third candidate would be able to show moderation between the two major parties. 19 million citizens out of a total of 103 million (roughly 18 percent) voted for the third candidate, Ross Perot, in t...

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In the past Nigeria has vacillated between authoritarian military regimes and democratic civilian republics and has had a variety of federal state and local political arrangements. ... In spite of China's economic liberalization, its Communist party-state retains the essential organization structure that the Chinese communist party adopted from the Soviet Union. ... The parties also change in structure and organization. ... Each of these parties once again reflected its regional base in one of the country's main ethnic groups: The people's Democratic party representing the north...

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Although both constitutions provide fundamentally similar Liberal Democratic political systems, and both have an Executive, a bicameral Legislative and a Judiciary within their political systems, the two constitutions and political systems are extremely different. ... In contrast to this Britain's unitary constitution centralises power both in the Westminster Parliament in London, with local authorities being clearly subordinate to the national government, and in the Executive, which dominates the Legislative, allowing the Party that controls parliament to make or unmake any law. ...

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The candidate I would choose for President for 2012 would be Barrack Obama and the Democratic Party. ... Obama's health care policies are very appealing, the democratic view that "no Americans should have the security that comes with good health care, and that no one should go broke because they get sick". ...

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