You’re only able to choose two options, how is that democracy? I thought democracy was about being able to choose anyone you think is suitable to be a leader, not one of two pre-selected people. At that point, it’s not much different to a one-party system, just with two people rather than only one person.

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    17 hours ago

    How often in US democracy does the person with the most votes lose? Even just on the national level, there are several hundreds of people elected every other year.

    If you mean the Presidential election, it has only happened 5 times in 200 years.

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      16 hours ago

      True, but it’s happened twice in the last six presidential elections. The fact that the system allows it at all is problematic, but it’s unfortunately becoming more common, not less.