The U.S. - a Legitimate Democracy? In any system which claims to be democratic, a question of itslegitimacy remains. A truly democratic political system has certaincharacteristics which prove its legitimacy with their existence. Oneessential characteristic of a legitimate democracy is that it allowspeople to freely make choices without government intervention. Anothernecessary characteristic which legitimates government is that every vote must count equally: one vote for every person. For this equality to occur, all people …showed first 75 words of 1307 total…

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