ARAB AND WORLD
Tue 28 Mar 2023 1:46 pm - Jerusalem Time
Report: American-style electoral democracy is losing popular support
A report issued by the Information Office of China's State Council said today (Tuesday) that the midterm elections have become the most costly in the United States , and American-style democracy has lost its popular support.
The report stated that political donations made the US elections a game for the rich, and the political divergence of the Democratic and Republican parties turned into political polarization, and American democracy lost its basis of popular support.
The report notes that money in the US elections has set a new record, as an analysis published by OpenSecrets showed that the total cost of the 2022 midterm elections was nearly 17 billion US dollars, the most expensive election in history.
Political donations create oligarchy in the United States, as a Reuters report revealed that billionaires accounted for 15 percent of all federal political donations allocated from January 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022, compared to 11 percent in the election cycle. 2020.
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Report: American-style electoral democracy is losing popular support