Selection of nominees is headly a tiny detail.
I knew 95% of that process. I only thought parties could disqualify people who runs for primaries. Thats a tiny, understandable mistake, considering its that way in Europe, and that it is quite illogical that that is the way it is. And since it is like that, parties in the US are more of a formal institution than a party like it is in Europe, that shocks me considering the way parties "work" in the US in general, and hatred and polarization between them.
A single party in a minor European country is NOT the same as understanding how the two major parties in the world's second largest democracy and the world's main economic and military power selects it's nominees for office. Nice try, but FAIL!
Well, actually the third largest democracy. India as far as I know is biggest ahead of the European Union parliament whom represent 550 million people, and then third is the US. And besides, any election in Europe, especially the German, French and British is very important.
And if the US democracy is weird compared with European ones that represent 500 million people, and the other democracies in the world, then sure, that is weird, its not the other way around.
This is the THIRD different link I have provided and others have provided linkes and you have yet to provide counter examples. If there was an example where the party leadership had disqualified a candidate, you should have been able to come up with one. Thanks for the belated admission.
Those previous links didnt prove anything, and this link to be honest didnt really describe the whole process, but yet I accept it out of good will :lol:
I don't think the US system is broken, but it certainly can be improved. It is clear, however, that based on your description of European parliamentary democracies that party leaders have a lot more power in selecting nominees than in the US. I also dispute the US is on the way to a civil war. We had that once. It is still a tramautic event in the psyche of U.S. history. I don't think it will be repeated any time in my lifetime.
Here we just disagree about the political systems in the US and Europe. I think all are failing, and democracy in general is in a stage of great decline, one of the last stages of total political collapse. Lets say we can rank the systems from 0% to 100% as dysfunctional and functional, I would rank none of the western democracies above 50%, of those I am very familiar with. I would rank for example Italy at 10%, the US at perhaps 35% and declining, the UK at 45%, France at 35% and declining... Actually I would rank Germany above 50%, perhaps even 65%. I would rank Norway, the system I am most familiar with at 25% and rapidly declining for example. Most other European democracies would fall between 30-50%. The European Union I am uncertain about but would rank it higher than most considering its several layers of democracy, including those of the nations within its average, and on top of that the European parliament, and the democracy between the nations and so fourth, but still below 50%, since I can only put European democracies on average at maximum 45% and declining.
As for the civil war in the US, I am not saying its definetely going to happen, but unlike other people, I am not going to be surprised if it does happen, and I am certainly going to be one of the soldiers who will help you.
Fine, but the selection of nominees is a crucial part of the US political system. I hope myself and others have helped to enhance your understanding of it.
Certainly, that is why I am on this forum and others, to learn. I certainly did that, feel way more comfortable about my knowledge on the US political system. I have learned a lot of it in general from this forum, and would consider my knowledge on US politics quite excellent, and my knowledge about US governance pretty good.
Remember, the US is a FAR MORE important country than France is. Also, due to the proliferation of US media around the world (ie CNN) people have a much closer look at the US than any other country in the world. Even in the local media of the country I live in, at least half of all foreign news coverage is from the US. The US is the most important country in the world, so this is hardly a surprise.
Hmm, perhaps, perhaps not, with the enormous French influence in the European Union(and Europe in general), France is perhaps the second or third behind Germany most important country in the world, not that far behind the US.
I think you are mistaken about the media, I think the reason people have more familiarity with the US than for example French, is mostly due to language. This is also why people have far more knowledge on the UK than any other European country. But certainly, the media do play a role.
The US is certainly the most important country in the world, but its influence is decreasing very fast, and its importance in the world is also rather quickly vanishing.