of low
             self-worth). Turnout, therefore, is low and, since the early 1960s,
             has been declining overall. The "winner-take-all" system in elections
             may be criticized for being undemocratic because the proportion of
             people agreeing with a particular candidate on a certain issue may not
             be adequately represented under this system. For example, "a candidate
             who gets 40 percent of the vote, as long as he gets more votes than
             any other candidate, can be elected-even though sixty percent of the
             voters voted against him"(Lind, 314).
             Political parties in America are weak due to the anti-party,
             anti-organization, and anti-politics cultural prejudices of the
             Classical Liberals. Because in the U.S. there is no national
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