>>I am european - And surprised to find out recently that the presidential candidates for the american election wasn't "just" a democrat, a Republican and someone (you haven't really heard anything about) from an independent party..
>>But this election you're having in November has, as far as I understood, more than 10 candidates from all kinds of parties -american parties I have NEVER heard of - Is it just me, because I'm not american? Or is the american people also unaware of this and how many different parties these candidates represents?
>>And, as an american; would you say you know a lot about all of these parties?
>>Are they any good at branding and marketing themselves???<<
>>Are they just not that "good" so they can be big and important parties, or are the democratic and republican parties so wealthy and influential that they push the other parties away from gaining any kind of power? Does the other parties have good politics and strong profiles?
>>My question is without any prejudice towards the american political system but is merely out of curiosity about how the american people look upon this- I could easily add another question ..
>>Are the american media political neutral "enough" and do the media in USA spend enough time on every single issue for the general american for you to get "the big picture" in a specific case? And would you say they have informed the public about all the other presidential candidates so that the american people has a solid background knowledge from the media?? If not - do you have any access to information on politics from other sources than the tv, internet and newspaper-media?
>>Feel free to refer me to books or websites on these issues! - Though I am mostly interested in your own opinion!!
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>>I hope you can enlighten me!
Ok, so maybe I misunderstood - When you go to vote in nov. there will be mccain and obama and nobody else to choose from??
misskate12001: THANKS for the link - MOST helpful, yeah I know it's a lot of Q..
>>But this election you're having in November has, as far as I understood, more than 10 candidates from all kinds of parties -american parties I have NEVER heard of - Is it just me, because I'm not american? Or is the american people also unaware of this and how many different parties these candidates represents?
>>And, as an american; would you say you know a lot about all of these parties?
>>Are they any good at branding and marketing themselves???<<
>>Are they just not that "good" so they can be big and important parties, or are the democratic and republican parties so wealthy and influential that they push the other parties away from gaining any kind of power? Does the other parties have good politics and strong profiles?
>>My question is without any prejudice towards the american political system but is merely out of curiosity about how the american people look upon this- I could easily add another question ..
>>Are the american media political neutral "enough" and do the media in USA spend enough time on every single issue for the general american for you to get "the big picture" in a specific case? And would you say they have informed the public about all the other presidential candidates so that the american people has a solid background knowledge from the media?? If not - do you have any access to information on politics from other sources than the tv, internet and newspaper-media?
>>Feel free to refer me to books or websites on these issues! - Though I am mostly interested in your own opinion!!
) >>I hope you can enlighten me!
Ok, so maybe I misunderstood - When you go to vote in nov. there will be mccain and obama and nobody else to choose from??
misskate12001: THANKS for the link - MOST helpful, yeah I know it's a lot of Q..