Compulsory Voting As of recent times, not only has the conception of United States as the international vanguard of democracy been tarnished, but also several flaws of the American democratic system have been revealed, raising questions about the legitimacy of the American government. Indeed, it is hard to claim with a straight face that fundamental questions concerning the legitimacy of the government of the United States as a democratic system of governance representative of the …showed first 75 words of 3917 total…

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