Originally posted by: milfhunter
Originally posted by: el_boss
I agree that America isn't really a democracy. Since there is basically only two parties to vote for and the "losing" side doesn't get represented.
I think that this is where we get a little bit confused though. If the losing side doesn't get represented, then it is a democracy (rule of the majority).
Yes basically that is democracy, what I meant though was that a huge part of the population will have wasted their vote since the losing party gets no influence. In sweden there is a quite different system. Here every vote actually counts, and the results are based on the entire nations votes. If a party gets at least 4% support from the votes, they will get represented in the government and they will have some influence.
Originally posted by: milfhunterBut there isn't only two parties to vote for. Even though Encyclopedia Britannica says that the government here is a two-party system, they're full of shit and should lose all publishing rights.
I think everyone knows that there are more parties than reblicans and democrats in america. But the fact remains that these two parties get like 99% of the votes or something like that. There will probably be a long time before a third party will enter the scene, and compete equally with the republicans and the democrats.