One of the avenues of expression and attempts at policy change that the democratic principle supports is the flexibility to allow a third candidate to run for presidential office. 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 the 1992 presidential election. ... How can it be said that democracy is being supported by a system that completely ignores a clear expression from the popular vote that the third candidate should get attention? ... B...

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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. ... In the presidential elections of 1999, the election committee approved nine parties for local elections and three parties with the highest votes were allowed to contest in the elections. 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 nor...

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Murphy ran under the exact same name as a deceased congressman while managing to avoid having any photos of him reach the public, on top of doing so as a third-party candidate. The point that Murphy was elected as a third-party candidate already makes this very unlikely to occur. ...

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Thirdly there are Conventions, which are the least tangible source of the constitution and constitute "rules of behaviour that are considered binding by and upon those who operate the constitution but which are not enforced by the courts or by the presiding officers in the Houses of Parliament" (Jones et al. 1994, 281). ... 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 tha...

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