AN AMERICAN OBSERVES: IN CONTRAST TO THE UNITED STATES...
Main parties present their candidates (farther along rue Nationale).
- Voting is on Sunday.
- Voting sites are numerous.
103 rue du Château des Rentiers
Across the street from City-sponsored residences
- There is no gerrymandering.
- Businesses cannot contribute.
- Candidates are elected by direct popular vote (as opposed to the American two-tiered system that favors conservatives).
- Though increasing their hold, far-right media are less prominent.
- The parliamentary system allows a number of parties.
As well:
- Students are admitted to the top universities on the basis of competitive national examinations and receive salaries as government officials. After receiving of their diplomas they teach for at least three years.
- Government-run health care is free for life-and-death cases and relatively inexpensive for the rest.
- There are no privately-run prisons.
- Voters decide the use of 5% of investment budgets (for an example, please click).
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American television anchors who say
"We are the world's most admired democracy,"*
know nothing of societies beyond their own.
*Or did before Trump's second presidency.
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