In imperialism countries , the president are often people who are rich, people who can afford a great deal of?

Question

money to introduce themselves to people . Normal people does not have any chance to become the president of their country , I just wana know , in country that money is considered the most important factor and people who can not afford enough money can not even imagine to become the president of their country. Then this country can be considered an absolute free country or not? please notice the word
absolute

rich people who can have the great influence on people by media and therefore have their votes ,So normal who does not have a single chance to become a candidate , also , does not have so much choices to vote first
because they are often mind control by media (believe me rich people can just afford such a money to have the media at their service)
Secondly, people
'choices are often restricted to a number of people who are actually rich
So is an imperialist country is a free country?

such as America

Answer 1

Well, no, You're describing a place where people don't even have basic voting rights. That's not a free country.