Would You Like It Or Hate It When Folks From Other Countries Provide Their Remarks About Our Selection Procedure?

[berwin]

I am not saying this to start something! I understand we've askvillers from out-of the U.S. on this web site who're genuinely pondering about our choice method. I've my really own view but that is not essential for your comments.

[curney13]

Fascinating! It is sensible also considering that they are affected by it. The UNITED STATES is at this time the planet's only superpower. If they get elected once again) years when they step foot into company, who becomes president can and might influence how a earth is for your next 4(or 8. Nonetheless itis also fascinating to establish which applicant(s) people away from US like and what they consider our choice procedure. Our choice method is fairly disgusting not the same as each other nation on the planet just because of how the candidates try to get the states over, and how anything is separate with all the states. If you want something to understand where you'll attain start to see the perspective of someone from beyond your US who's pondering about the US election procedure, you are going to want to try and uncover the Japanese manga Eagle: The Producing of an Asian-American President. Itis sadly out-of-print and so I can not connect to it on Amazon. You will have to discover about for this like I did so. However it is about imagine and happens for the duration of Campaign 2000 if an Asian ran for president of america. You will recognize some familiar faces in the manga, even though they've slightly diverse titles. Amongst that will be Hillary Clinton himself. The writer has... Genuinely a fascinating viewpoint of Hillary. And Bill Clinton. And Al Gore. And lots of others. jeccaneko 72 weeks previously Please register to give a supplement. Please confirm your account to offer a supplement. Please register to send a note. Please confirm your account to deliver a message.

[stein74]

I love reading what folks from other nations believe about the UNITED STATES election approach. I believe it is very critical that people make ourselves conscious of all the numerous styles democracy requires around the globe. So extended as we continue insisting that the National technique is the only and greatest method to do items, weare depriving ourselves of the wonderful wealth of information that other countries could possibly supply us. Personally, I want to hear much far more significant debate in The Usa about our selection methods it will have occurred following the fiasco of the 2000 elections. I would like individuals to think about if the electoral college is significant or attractive any far more if we must think about mandatory voting what we can do to break the lengthy-standing two-celebration deadlock what we can do to boost the reliability and reliability of the voting process how we can produce all the locations of the electoral program a lot more transparent for the general populace, and so on.

[Destin]

I like it. I like hearing what people from other countries think of the US election process. I think it's very important that we make ourselves aware of all of the different shapes democracy takes around the world. As long as we keep on insisting that the American system is the best and only way to do things, we're depriving ourselves of a tremendous wealth of experience that other nations can offer us. I personally would like to hear a lot more serious debate in America about our election systems; it should have happened after the fiasco of the 2000 elections. I'd like people to consider if the electoral college is meaningful or desirable any more; if we should consider compulsory voting; what we can do to break the long-standing two-party deadlock; what we can do to improve the accuracy and trustworthiness of the voting process; how we can make all of the parts of the electoral system more transparent to the general citizenry, and so on. marqcogan 72 months ago Please sign in to give a compliment. Please verify your account to give a compliment. Please sign in to send a message. Please verify your account to send a message.

[Ackley]

What's to dislike? From what I can tell, most people who object to non-Americans commenting on the U.S. political process usually use one or more of the following two arguments(or variations of the two) to justify their ire.  I will respond to each in turn.Argument:  People who are not from the United States don?t know enough about the American political process to make intelligent remarks about it.  Response:  And I don?t know much about video game programming, but nobody minds it when I say which Wii games I prefer! The argument that a person needs to know a lot about a subject in order to have a "right" to talk about it has always baffled me.  This isn?t to say that I don?t consider how knowledgeable a person is about a particular subject when I am evaluating an argument they are making about that subject.  In the present example, if a person said that we should change how we elect our congressmen because it isn?t fair that only men can be senators, I would dismiss this argument because it is based on faulty information.  But the simple fact that the person made this comment even though it is obvious he doesn?t know much about our electoral system wouldn?t bother me. But more importantly, the above argument assumes that a person who is not from the United States can?t be knowledgeable about our electoral system simply because he doesn?t live here.  I am a political science grad student at a university with a large population of international students, and I have been the teaching assistant to hundreds of undergrads in American political science classes.  I don?t have stats to back this up, but I would argue that a person from another country(with some variation from country to country and person to person) knows just as much, if not more, about the U.S. political system than the average American with a similar educational background.  I suspect this is for two reasons:  1) The United States is an influential nation, so it would be dangerous for people in other countries not to know about our political system; and 2) The education system in the U.S. still leaves quite a few things to be desired.Argument:  People who are not from the United States shouldn?t comment on the American political process because it?s none of their business; they are not American, therefore they have no "right" to criticize or otherwise discuss it. [Often, but not always, included in this argument is a sentiment similar to: And who are they to criticize our system when it is so much better than theirs?]Response:  They have as much "right" to discuss/criticize our system as we do theirs. We Americans love to mouth off about other nations? political systems; in fact, we do more than that: we actively interfere with other nations? political systems.  So I figure it?s just a tit-for-tat thing here:  if I can discuss/criticize another nation?s political system, someone from another country can discuss/criticize the U.S.?s.  This doesn?t have to be an antagonistic discussion:  part of my "job" as a grad student in political science is to discuss various political systems with people of various origins, and I find it to be quite fulfilling.  It is always educational to see our system from a different point of view.  I can always reserve the right to think that our system is the best, but this just makes for more interesting conversation. Finally, I wonder what you mean by "people from other countries."  Do you mean immigrants or children of immigrants who live in the U.S.(who may or may not be U.S. citizens)?  Or do you mean non-Americans who don?t live in the U.S.?  As I?ve probably made clear, it doesn?t make a difference to me--I think people in either category should be able to freely comment on U.S. politics.  But if the person in question actually lives in the U.S., they certainly have as much stake in our political process(and for some issues, like immigration, even more stake) than a born-and-bred U.S. citizen since they feel its effects as much as we do.  Therefore, I think it would be silly to object to them commenting about it.   krr's Recommendations Presidential Power and the Modern Presidents: The Politics of Leadership from Roosevelt to Reagan Amazon List Price: $19.95 Used from: $5.40 Average Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5(based on 6 reviews) krr 72 months ago Please sign in to give a compliment. Please verify your account to give a compliment. Please sign in to send a message. Please verify your account to send a message.

[parnall23]

From what I can tell, most people who object to non-Americans commenting on the U.S. political process usually use one or more of the following two arguments(or variations of the two) to justify their ire.  I will respond to each in turn.Argument:  People who are not from the United States don?t know enough about the American political process to make intelligent remarks about it.  Response:  And I don?t know much about video game programming, but nobody minds it when I say which Wii games I prefer! The argument that a person needs to know a lot about a subject in order to have a "right" to talk about it has always baffled me.  This isn?t to say that I don?t consider how knowledgeable a person is about a particular subject when I am evaluating an argument they are making about that subject.  In the present example, if a person said that we should change how we elect our congressmen because it isn?t fair that only men can be senators, I would dismiss this argument because it is based on faulty information.  But the simple fact that the person made this comment even though it is obvious he doesn?t know much about our electoral system wouldn?t bother me. But more importantly, the above argument assumes that a person who is not from the United States can?t be knowledgeable about our electoral system simply because he doesn?t live here.  I am a political science grad student at a university with a large population of international students, and I have been the teaching assistant to hundreds of undergrads in American political science classes.  I don?t have stats to back this up, but I would argue that a person from another country(with some variation from country to country and person to person) knows just as much, if not more, about the U.S. political system than the average American with a similar educational background.  I suspect this is for two reasons:  1) The United States is an influential nation, so it would be dangerous for people in other countries not to know about our political system; and 2) The education system in the U.S. still leaves quite a few things to be desired.Argument:  People who are not from the United States shouldn?t comment on the American political process because it?s none of their business; they are not American, therefore they have no "right" to criticize or otherwise discuss it. [Often, but not always, included in this argument is a sentiment similar to: And who are they to criticize our system when it is so much better than theirs?]Response:  They have as much "right" to discuss/criticize our system as we do theirs. We Americans love to mouth off about other nations? political systems; in fact, we do more than that: we actively interfere with other nations? political systems.  So I figure it?s just a tit-for-tat thing here:  if I can discuss/criticize another nation?s political system, someone from another country can discuss/criticize the U.S.?s.  This doesn?t have to be an antagonistic discussion:  part of my "job" as a grad student in political science is to discuss various political systems with people of various origins, and I find it to be quite fulfilling.  It is always educational to see our system from a different point of view.  I can always reserve the right to think that our system is the best, but this just makes for more interesting conversation. Finally, I wonder what you mean by "people from other countries."  Do you mean immigrants or children of immigrants who live in the U.S.(who may or may not be U.S. citizens)?  Or do you mean non-Americans who don?t live in the U.S.?  As I?ve probably made clear, it doesn?t make a difference to me--I think people in either category should be able to freely comment on U.S. politics.  But if the person in question actually lives in the U.S., they certainly have as much stake in our political process(and for some issues, like immigration, even more stake) than a born-and-bred U.S. citizen since they feel its effects as much as we do.  Therefore, I think it would be silly to object to them commenting about it.

[Mathias]

I like it...most people in the US are pretty free and open to discuss the other parts of the world and their political situations

[Maccus]

In The Middle I feel that we have to respect everyones right to their own opinion.And yet I do admit that it is difficult to take criticisms' when people don't live here.I try to remind myself that if I want to voice my opinions about other nations,I need to try to be big enough to accept their views,good or bad.Politics,of course,is always a personal thing to each person.I live in an area where I disagree with the majority,so I tend to be more sensitive to critics. Rotty874NM 72 months ago Please sign in to give a compliment. Please verify your account to give a compliment. Please sign in to send a message. Please verify your account to send a message.