A few more votes, and we could have actually had a government and not just an official way of feeding the rich.Does voting really matter? How effective are elections as a form of democratic control of government? Does the
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Yes, voting counts. And it is a very effective form of control of government. But, republicans and democrats have worked very hard to break the system. They control ballot access, who gets their names on the ballot. They control who is invited to debates, who is permitted to run for office, where campaign money can come from, and so on. They work together in this task, and are not the opposites that some people believe. There is no defined two party system in the US, it was created by the republicrats to control elections. By dividing the population and convincing them that voting for a lesser of two evils is the right way they insure they will always remain in power. It's known as divide and conquer.
With the Presidential race in the United States because 48 States have a winner take all policy for electors, the voting process is seriously flawed. If the electoral college were implemented as intended there would never be a dispute between the popular and electoral vote.
The United States is not a democracy. It is a democratic representative republic.
Because leadership is appointed by voters no one religion, corporation, or dictator can strong-arm their way into power.Does voting really matter? How effective are elections as a form of democratic control of government? Does the
On the local level (obviously there are far too many people for this to happen on the national level) elections have been decided by just one vote. Yup, electionS, it's happened more than once.
So yes, your vote counts.
The votes that counts is that of the electoral collage
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