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Originally Posted by MarchHare
In Canada, anyone is welcome to purchase a party membership and vote for the leader. In the United States, anyone can register as a Republican/Democrat and vote in the party's primary to choose the candidate. I don't even think you need to buy a party membership to do so (someone correct me if I'm wrong). It's fiction to state that "the elite" decide who is running. For better or worse, Biden and Trump were who their respective parties chose to nominate in a fair and democratic process.
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Most know more than I do when it comes to this stuff, but history has shown that it's an elite person who's brought in. Elite as in, and upper class wealthy individual. I guess logically it's a democratic process, but I guess what I'm getting at is, when was the last time a common man (let's say someone who makes under $200K), a candidate? And $200K is a high salary. I think that's the part that irks me. I see that craziness in the States more than Canada, but Canada's not too far off. Maybe my original verbiage is off but this is what I'm trying to say.