The governments of Canada and the United States are theoretically based on the political system of democracy. In the United States, their particular system of checks and balances severely disrupts the operations of the government. In addition to this, the American electoral process does not operate in a way where individual?s interests are the main focus. In Canada, not only is our electoral system more democratic than that of the United States, but our …showed first 75 words of 882 total…

…showed last 75 words of 882 total…a Republican President, a Democratic Senate and a Republican House of Representatives. Canada and the United States have both built their governments upon the theory of democracy. The theory that the government is of the people, by the people and for the people. In the United States, votes cast in an election are not cast towards a President; they are cast for the Electoral College, who in turn chooses a President. This is not democracy.