feelings 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 a
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