Which is more democratic, the British Parlaimentary system or the U.S.
presidential system?

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Clarification of Question by midgetii-ga on 08 Dec 2004 22:14 PST

Which is considered more democratic, the British Parliamentary system
or the U.S. presidential system give (2) supporting reasons?

Neither!

They are both devices provided by the elite to manage the proletariat.

well that doesn't help me does it I need an answer to the question not just opinions

I need the answer by 8:00 a.m. 12/09/04 at the latest other wise it
does no good this is for a final paper due in the morning

Probono has given you the CORRECT answer.

Surely that is better than a lot of waffle?

But, of course, if you have to deliver an answer simply to satisfy
your teachers then it would be necessary to know their standpoint.

For British teachers, the answer would be British.

For American teachers, the answer would be American.

If you want to show how smart you are, give all three answers and ask
the teacher to choose.

In order to make this less subjectiuve, I think you need to specify a
way to measure democracy.

How about: 
Which system of government gives their citizens greater power to
influnce government policy, the British or the American?

the question is word for word the professor just made a general
statement and would not elaborate any more than what I have written

Well, it goes without saying that you should not be using Google
Answers to try and but a paper that you will present as your own.
That said,
probonopublico and mikomoro's answers would not sufice. 
You need to show that both are deeply flawed but America is by far the
more democratic
1) Monarchy
2) "Elective Dictatorship" in Britain (Lord Hailsham)
3)Separation of powers absent in britain
There's three supporting examples, now all you have to do is gte up
off your arse and do a little reading.

Start by defining 'Democracy'

Lord Bryce's definition is a good jumping off point:
'Government in which the will of the majority of the qualified
electorate rules through the medium of the ballot box'

Once you have reduced that to a pile of meaningless rubble, the
question of 'more democratic' becomes irrelevant.

I totally agree with Probono's comment.

I do not disagree with porbonos answer but I was looking for
supporting facts to the answer I had given. which is the presidential
system. I had read my text and had a few hard sources. but was mainly
looking for maybe clarification on my answer to make sure that I was
not wrong. This was not a quick fix. this was asking maybe someone
more informed the answer.