This is an interesting worldwide survey carried out by the BBC and Gallup about: (i) is your country governed by the will of the people? (ii) are your elections free and fair?
About 65% of people answer "No" to the first. There have been significant falls in the "Yes" answers to both questions in USA in the last 12 months, as you can see if you read the Gallup press release linked to from here (PDF format): http://www.gallup-international.com/ContentFiles/news_detail.asp?id=33 Here are full country-by-country figures for 2005: http://electionlawblog.org/archives/BBC%20Democracy%20tables.pdf Here is the BBC item. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4247158.stm -- Stephen ______________________________________________ Renovamos el Correo Yahoo! Nuevos servicios, más seguridad http://correo.yahoo.es ---- Election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info