Well, one thing that is specific to the U.S. is the "two-party-system". I know, I know, other parties are allowed, and exist, but in actual practice, it turns out that one of the two major parties will be the winner.
Here in Bolivia, in any election we have anywhere between 8-15 parties participating (that is just a quick estimate). Often, no single party gets over 20% or 30% of the total ballots. In that case, Congress will decide between the 2 - or was it 3 - parties which have the highest number of votes. In practice, of course, this means: alliances.
>I'm doing a little information gathering here.
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>In America there are elections every two years, I know that.
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>But what about the rest of the world? If you live in a democractic country other than the USA, when are your next elections? Are there any aspects of your democractic process that differ from us in the USA that would also be helpful to know?
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>Thanks.
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)
