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As the US frets, consider this: there’s more to democracy than the popular vote
Whichever party wins office in this presidential race, the US is likely to persist as a conflict-ridden country.
But it’s not alone.
- Luca Belgiorno-Nettis
- The Sydney Morning Herald
America is simply a bald-faced illustration of how elections generate animated and antagonistic political campaigns — resulting in a fractured body politic.
Electoral regulations go some way to ensure the integrity of the vote, but the fundamental problem remains the vote itself.
A complete rethink is not out of the question.
In January this year, pre-COVID-19, I visited Manchester for an International Week of Democratic Innovation.
At the beginning of the 19th century, Manchester was known as “Cottonopolis” – the…