t Canada is more democratic than the USA by simply
counting the number of political parties. Let's instead look at how many
political views are represented in both countries. In the USA, the Democratic
Party can be said to be mostly left of the center on the "left/right" line, the
Republicans would be mostly right of the center, and the Green Party would be
considered to represent fairly left political views. If we place the political
parties in Canada on the same left/right line according to the views they
represent, we see that many more views are covered. The Neo-Democratic Party can
be labeled as a far-left party, the Liberal Party and the Bloc Quebecois would
be considered left-of-the-middle parties, while the Progressive Conservatives
are right of the center and the Canadian Alliance (formerly the Reform Party)
represents far-right views. It is evident that once the political views of the
parties are exposed, Canada seems to have the edge over the USA when it comes to
Let's now take a look at the second variable that will be used t
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