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Candidate selection is vital to political parties but it also poses a dilemma, which is particularly acute in the cartel party, stemming from the position of MPs as both the base of the party in public office and the delegates of the party on the ground. One response is for leaders to democratize candidate selection in form, while centralizing control in practice. An inclusive but unorganized selectorate may give the appearance of democracy without the substance.

Most current debate about the democratic deficit equates democracy with party government and popular direction of policy (popular sovereignty). Alternative conceptions of democracy, pluralist or veto-group liberalism, are more consistent with European political and social circumstances and with EU institutions. After developing the difference between popular sovereignty and liberal models of democracy, the paper uses data from a survey of members of the European Parliament and members of the national parliaments in the EU to show that MP orientations with respect to these democratic values contribute significantly to explaining their evaluations of the quality of EU democracy and their preferences for EU institutional development.

Focuses on the idea of changing the national system of electing the president to the Maine/Nebraska method & how it might explain the electoral college system & solve the problem of a popular vote winner losing the election. It is argued that electoral college reform that retains a tie between electors & districts will produce perverse results & will not solve the problem of a popular vote winner losing the election. The article discusses the distortions produced by the electoral college system in the 2000 presidential election & the methods of determining electoral weight in each state. The author concludes that even though we can consider the outcome of the 2000 election perverse, if we accept the logic of the US Constitution, the outcome was appropriate. 4 References. J. Moses

Provides an overview of politics in the US in 2000, highlighting election results & national issues. 1 Table. Adapted from the source document.

Provides an overview of politics in the US in 1999, highlighting election results & prominent issues. 1 Table.