HI Ken,

  Yup you are right - so far I have learned more about the foundinf fathers intents in the education  class I just finished. Interesting how they didn't actually trust us to make the right decisions. 

                                        Trisha

-----Original Message-----
From: St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of ken barber
Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2004 2:48 PM
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Subject: Re: The elections


the schools never teach how our system works and so we
have a couple of generations that have grown up
thinking this to be a "democracy." a lynch mob is a
democracy, but it is not good for the one being
lynched.

--- ken barber <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> what you are describing is a parlimentery
> democratcy.
> the u.s. is a represenative republic which is a
> different animal.
>
> --- [log in to unmask] wrote:
>
> >     If America had a proportional representational
> > system, it would be GREAT
> > to vote for minor party candidates.  If a minor
> > party got some minimum, say
> > 5%, they would have seats in the national
> > legislature, and they could form
> > coalitions with the larger parties.
> >
> >     Unfortunately, we don't have such a system.
> We
> > have a winner take all
> > system, with single seat, geographic districts.
> >
> >     Canada and the U.K. have a similar electoral
> > system to ours-- by
> > tradition and history, they have three party
> > systems; we have just a two party system.
> >  Ross Perot tried to build a three party system in
> > 1992 and 1996, but his
> > effort failed.
> >
> >     A three party system can lead to some odd
> > results.  Margaret Thatcher
> > never got more than 43% of the vote in any
> election.
> >
> >     The coin of the realm is our two-party, winner
> > take all system, with our
> > strange electoral college.
> >
> >     The candidates that survive the primary system
> > frequently are uninspiring
> > centrists.  However, the forces arrayed in and
> > around the Democratic Party
> > are much more diverse than those in the G.O.P.
> This
> > is why I support the
> > Democrats.
> >
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