"democracy"
people in the US think the US is the greatest democracy in the world. but what is democracy? i think a key tenet of democracy is the selection of government officials (who perform the duties of government) by holding a vote and electing the candidate that gets a majority of the votes.
however, this is not how US democracy works. the candidate that wins only has to get more votes than any other single candidate (no majority is necessary).
can you imagine the outrage if this is how something as important as homecoming queen of high school were chosen?...
however, this is not how US democracy works. the candidate that wins only has to get more votes than any other single candidate (no majority is necessary).
can you imagine the outrage if this is how something as important as homecoming queen of high school were chosen?...
posted by huitzilopochtli at
7:56 PM
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at my school the homecoming queen was selected based on how "easy" she was...
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frylime, at 8:07 PM
that is a metric for presidential elections that i did not consider.
by the way, what the entry discusses has a name- "election by plurality". the candidate with the least votes "against" him/her wins. it is a sort of inverse democracy which many countries do not engage in.
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huitzilopochtli, at 12:40 PM
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