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Why does the USA use a winner-takes-all style of democracy while other nations use more of a parliamentary system?

Asked by timothykinney (2743points) January 5th, 2009

Japan and the UK both have Prime Ministers and various parties. How did the USA end up with the system we are using? Changing it would be a big hassle, but I’m curious about why it seems that modern democracies use a different system than the one founded in the 18th century.

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