Os persistentes problemas estruturais das eleicoes americanas: licoes de 2004

In: Relações internacionais: R:I, Heft 5, S. 85-94

Abstract

The national elections of 2004 exposed growing structural problems with America's democracy. The good news of higher turnout & the lack of a constitutional crisis resembling the Florida debacle of 2000 could not hide the continuing difficulties with registration, inconsistent election laws, inequality in access to the voting booth, comparatively low turnout, non-competitive legislative elections, district gerrymandering, & partisan oversight of elections. While many of these aspects of the American electoral system are of long standing, almost all of them have been exacerbated in recent decades. What are the prospects for reforming American democracy in the 21st century? Adapted from the source document.