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Old 10-05-05, 04:49 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Re: A List of the Many Political Parties

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Originally Posted by Napoleon's Nightingale
This is why our government system isn't a democracy or really even a republic. How many of you have ever seen anywhere near this amount of parties on the balot? Even the states regulate which parties and candidates will be on the balot. Even if no one votes for their representatives it's not an excuse for not allowing the other parties to take part in the presidential debates and striking their names off the balot.
True but then again, the Democrats and Republicans each run a very diverse set of candidates. Anyone can run in a primary, and they usually do.
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