American Political Parties and Elections: A Very Short Introduction
Maisel, Louis Sandy
p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }Few Americans and even fewer citizens of other nations understand the electoral process in the United States. Still fewer understand the role played by political parties in the electoral process or the ironies within the system. Participation in elections in the United States is much lower than in the vast majority of mature democracies. Perhaps this is because of the lack of competition in a country where only two parties have a true chance of winning, despite the fact that a large number of citizens claim allegiance to neither and think badly of both. Or perhaps it is because in the U.S. campaign contributions disproportionately favor incumbents in most legislative elections, or that largely unregulated groups such as the now notorious 527s have as much impact on the outcome of a campaign as do the parties or the candidates' campaign organizations. These factors offer a very clear picture of the problems that underlay our much trumpeted electoral system.
年:
2007
出版:
1
出版社:
Oxford University Press
语言:
english
页:
192
ISBN 10:
019045816X
ISBN 13:
9780190458164
系列:
Very Short Introductions
文件:
PDF, 3.36 MB
IPFS:
,
english, 2007
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