Can we consider elections in China and Mexico democratic? Why?
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Yes we can Because they are the world population country and they have lots of facilities in their countries which helps them at the time of War .
In China, there is single party system and this party has its dominance in the country.
In Mexico, elections are held after every six years. But until year 2000, every election is won by the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) since its independence in 1930. Opposition parties has contested elections but never won the elections. The ruling party used many dirty tricks to win the elections.
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1. In china, elections are regularly held after Five years for electing the country Parliament. It has nearly 3000 members elected from all over the china.
2. Before contesting elections, a candidate needs the approval of the Chinese Communist party. Only those who are the members of the Chinese Communist Party or eight smaller parties allied to it were allowed to contest elections held in 2002-03. The government is formed by the Communist Party. Therefore, it is not a democratic country.
3. Since its independence in 1930 Mexico holds elections after every six years to elect its president but until 2000 every election was won by a party called PRI (Institutional Revolutionary Party). Opposition parties did contest elections but never managed to win.
4. The PRI is known to use many dirty tricks to win elections. All those who were employed in government offices had to attend its party meeting. Teachers of government schools used to force parents to vote for the PRI.
5. Media largely ignored the activities of opposition political parties except to criticize them. Sometimes the polling booths were shifted from one place to another in the last minute which made it difficult for people to cast their votes. The PRI spent a large sum of money in the campaign for its candidates.