kerry
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Im not american, so maybe I shouldn't comment, but....
Ultimately you are in a 2 party system, and each party fundamentally isn't that different. Both have the best interest of America at heart, whatever that entails. America is run by corporations, ergo both parties would try to please big business, so voting for either isnt that different.
It seems to me as an outsider, that it is all about voting for the bloke you like the most. Hence all this party conventions, where you wheel out character references like war vets. and wives.
Anywhere in the world where you have a 2 party system, personality politics seems to be the order of the day, not what is behind those personalities...
I think most western elections whether the UK, Australia or the US, is primarily all about maintaining the status quo, not rocking the boat too much. Who ever gets in will only ever be able to change the direction of about 2% of policy decisions, because at the end of the day Nike or GAP dont want some loon coming in with ideas of social change.
Hence the reason most western democracies only register about 50% turn out. Most people including me, know that what ever happens it's just the same old crap.