AN AMERICAN OBSERVES
In contrast to the United States...
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| The main parties present their candidates (farther along rue Nationale) |
- Voting is on Sunday.
- There are many voting sites (I have never heard of suppressing them to favor a rival camp).
- There is no gerrymandering.
- Businesses cannot contribute to political parties.
- Candidates are elected by direct popular vote (as opposed to the two-tiered system that favors conservatives).
- Far-right media are far less prominent.
- The parliamentary system allows a number of parties, not only two.
For the infinitely more democratic educational system, please click. Government-run health care is free for life-and-death cases and relatively inexpensive for the rest. There are no prisons run for profit.
Anchors on American television who say
"We are the world's most admired democracy"
make me sigh.
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