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Just to be clear, I don’t think these indices are of any value at all? This isn’t something that can be measured by a single value, you have to go point-by-point and use actual arguments, but no on Cato
I’m having trouble finding v-dems actual arguments about this
I again have to ask how you think elections in china work, do you deny the existence of their elections? Which parts of your definition does china not meet? I’m not saying they obviously do meet them, i’m wanting to know what you’re really saying about china, obviously they have a preference for ccp for example, i’m not denying this, just asking you how china works, according to you.
I don’t really like that definition because it ignores what’s really important: are the majority getting what they want? Your definition is more like guidelines for achieving that and thus puts the cart before the horse, I could accomplish all of these things, and still make it such that the majority don’t get what they want.
Not sure what you mean by that. You can select any single value you want, select the country, and then see the scores over time. Or see the by-country scores with different sections broken out here.
I certainly deny they have free and fair elections, yes. There’s only one party on the ballot - that’s a hell of a lot more than a “preference”. Elections in the People’s Republic of China occur under a one-party authoritarian political system controlled by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).[1][2] By law, all elections at all levels must adhere to the leadership of the CCP
“The majority getting what they want” is way too vague of a statement to quantify, but generally speaking I would agree that people in America and most of the Western world are dissatisfied with their governments. That doesn’t make them undemocratic. I get your argument - you’re saying that if people aren’t happy with the decisions their government is making, is their government really representing them at all, and therefore democratic? But politicians making unpopular decisions has always and will always be a thing, and to a certain extent it’s necessary - it doesn’t even mean the politicians are corrupt for doing so. With that said, overall, I’d say that most major government policies are politically popular.
that’s just a number? what objective measures did they use?
How do you know they aren’t free/fair?
Democratic Parties (369) JS (61) CPWDP (60) CDL (55) CAPD (54) CNDCA (44) RCCK (43) CZGP (39) TDSL (13)
^^ these are the seats for the non-ccp parties. there is not just one party on the ballot, but, I want to be clear here, I don’t think it would be a problem if there were, I oppose political parties being the way things are decided because I view them as undemocratic, political parties allow people to not properly judge candidates based on policy and actual thought put into decisionmaking, this is also what the founding fathers of america believed. Political parties should be banned, and having one political party is equivalent to banning them. What political beliefs are you actually required to hold to join the CCP? I actually don’t know and the answer to that would be enlightening.
the paper I linked quantified it, no?