When the choice presented to the voters is a douchebag (Bush) and a $hit sandwich (Kerry) and no third party candidate is even invited to the debates, is there really democracy in the US - or is it really just a Democraplican cartel?
2007-05-26 17:08:25 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
I see you are very opinionated. As long as there is more than one candidate, democracy lives. You don't need 3 to make it democracy. The Democrats decided that they wanted Kerry, so that is who they were stuck with. Bush was an incumbent, so because of the war, they had to run him again or else have certain chaos with the turn over of the war to someone knew.
2007-05-26 17:30:37 · answer #1 · answered by Mickey C 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Yes, democracy is dead in America. The voting process has been corrupted like everything else. The "two-party" system is really a one-party system. Democrats and Republicans are two sides of the same coin who ignore citizens' requests and serve corporations and the military-industrial complex. I'm voting Green next time; no more support for Democrats from me. They don't seem to care if they win or not anyway.
2007-05-27 08:20:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Democracy is definitely not dead. What do you mean we only had 2 choices. If I remember correctly about 10 candidates ran for President as a democrat. Obviously being an incumbent Bush didn't have any serious competition for his party's nomination. Still there were all these choices. They were narrowed down to the two by people exercising their democratic right to vote. (You could have voted in the primaries if you had wanted to). As far as third parties, if they convince enough people to vote for them then they win. In 1992 Ross Perot had a huge impact on the vote. This upcoming election we have about ten major candidates running in each party. That sounds like a lot of choices to me. Do some research, you might find one you like. Convince other people to like them as well. Then go vote for them. Don't forget the primaries.
2007-05-26 17:54:19 · answer #3 · answered by tiger96 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
America's Democracy can't be dead, seeing as we've never had one. We've been a Rep. Republic for as long as we've been around.
But the thought of the "American Democracy", yes, is dead. When you have a President who completely ignores what his people wants and does what he personally thinks is right, that's not Democracy; that's a Dictatorship.
My personal truth be told, I don't think the "American Democracy" can be fixed. It's not just Bush that ruined it, it's America itself that's ruined it. We the people have let everything that's happened happen. How is that "Democracy"???
So, to put it all down, even though it never was, the answer is still yes. The "Democracy" in America is dead.
2007-05-26 18:17:49 · answer #4 · answered by Jeremiah 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I know what you are talking about but three parties would only add more confusion. Lets say we had 2 anti-war candidates & one pro-war. If the 2 anti-war got 30% each & the pro-war got 40%, the pro-war guy would win, in spite of the fact that 60% voted for anti-war.
The key to making our two-party system work is for more people to vote in the primaries. Especially the moderates!
We have a problem with candidates needing to shift to extremes to win the primaries & back to the middle for the Nov elections. This way only insures we have a couple insincere hypocrites to choose from come November!
VOTE IN THE PRIMARIES!!!
2007-05-26 17:39:48 · answer #5 · answered by Smart Kat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not yet, but soon. I'm one of those paranoid people, I don't own a gun but am seriously thinking about getting an AR before they're illegal. If you want to hear about the NWO straight from the mouth of a democrat go to you tube and look up Marcy Kaptur NAU. Marcy is a congresswomen from Ohio and one of the few democrats I respect even though I disagree on some things with her.
2016-05-18 22:34:54 · answer #6 · answered by gail 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Interesting. Sedition suits you. It's still contemptible.
You show an amazing lack of understanding of the process a Presidential candidate has to undergo to be considered, let alone become President.
In addition, your inability to express yourself without fouling yourself at the same time speaks volumes about the value of your opinion and the depths where your patriotism is lacking.
Run for office. Thousands of posts go unfilled because no one runs for them. Tens of thousands go unchallenged for the same reason.
You want quality candidates? They you should...
...never mind.
2007-05-28 09:33:22 · answer #7 · answered by mckenziecalhoun 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The United States is not now, nor has it ever been a Democracy. It has always been a Republic. There is a HUGE difference between the two, perhaps you should take a civics course or two.
2007-05-26 17:57:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
yes this is no democracy.
2007-05-26 22:30:37 · answer #9 · answered by jeffrey b 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋