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How Far Does the System for Electing the President Fulfil Democratic Criteria? In a democratic society such as the United States, there are several functions of elections, none more so than to allow democracy to prevail, hence the people of the country are given the opportunity, through voting, to decide who becomes president, thus everyone has a say in deciding who leads them. Understandably, there is a whole range of criteria to judge how democratic the US election system is. In short, the system is one that currently falls short of fully fulfilling the democratic criteria, however it does offer a relatively democratic system as a whole. A fundamental requirement of democracy is that of voter participation. The USA does offer men and women of all ethnic backgrounds the opportunity to participate in presidential elections, and as such this is a commendable asset to US democracy. On the other hand, participation levels...

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