... . This stipulation makes perfect sense, and provides perfect results, but only when implemented correctly. An accurate reflection of the public can only be seen when democracy is supported by federalism when the number of representatives in legislatures like the Electoral College reflect the people and the states. According to documents A and D, however, show that the United States' method of choosing ... name of states' rights (the federalist principle taking precedent over the democratic principle). This dichotomy between the population in a state and representation in the Electoral ...

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... four hundred years, the American constitution is a single written document and has remained relatively unchanged since its ratification in 1787. After the American colonies declared their independence from Great Britain in 1776 came the "launch of a grand revolutionary experiment in popular democracy" (Miroff, Seidelman & Swanstrom 1998, 17) and with it the birth of Republicanism. Following the brief spell ... their political systems, the two constitutions and political systems are extremely different. Britain has a unitary, un-codified and flexible constitution, whereas America has a fe...

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