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An ideal country thrives to achieve a democratic country, which consists of political governance chosen by the citizens.

Both Norway and the US are democratic countries, but arguably to a different extent due to their different party systems.

What is the difference between the Norwegian multi-party system and the American two-party system and to what extent are they democratic?

Utdrag
The two-party system used in the US, limits its country’s democracy in several ways.

In an election, a voter will most likely have to vote for a party with conflicting opinions on some topics, simply because the party portrays their beliefs the best.

Having two parties limits the number of ideas on every issue and reduces each voter´s choice.

This will surely force the voter to choose a party with multiple disagreeing ideas.

As a result, the winning party represents the population beliefs and opinions poorly.

The multi-party system, on the other hand, grants the voters better accessibility for different combinations of opinions and ideas.

This will make it easier for the voter to choose the best fitting party, with the least incompatible views.

Therefore, the winning party better represents the citizen’s opinion’s, thus appearing more democratic.

A better representation of a voter´s opinion’s, can further entice them to vote.

However, a twoparty system does not provide this to the same extent, which weakens their voter turnout.

The extent of the country’s democracy is also determined by the voter turnout. The greater amount of people that vote, the higher democratic extent does the country have.

As quoted in citizens: “democracy is government by the people” (Andersen, et al., 2020). This indicates that a democratic government equals a government chosen by the people.

Andersen further explains that voting is a right people have in a democracy; voting is how democracy is executed.

Furthermore, an increase in voting activity will simply be more representative.

Data collected in statista.com shows that Norway has a higher voter turnout than the US, with 77.2% of the voting population in 2021 (Statista.com, 2021), and 66.2% in 2020 respectively (STATISTA.com, 2020).