Hello Dave,   
      
   >LL>"Unlike a single-party system (or a two-party democracy),   
   >LL>it [multi-party system] encourages the general constituency   
   >LL>to form multiple distinct, officially recognized groups,   
   >LL>generally called political parties."   
   >LL>[source: ibid]   
      
   DD>Why is it that everyone seems to labour under the illusion that the US is a   
   DD>democracy. It was designed as a representative republic.   
   DD>And has devolved into an oligarchy. Neither of which has a   
   DD>lot to do with democracy (mob rule). Of course everyone   
   DD>wants to be an oligarch ... even those who have never heard   
   DD>the word before.   
      
   "We have a federalist system, with a republican form of government."   
   - Thomas Jefferson   
      
   --Lee   
      
      
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