美国将於今年十一月四日举行四年一次的总统大选。作为美国垄断资本工具的民主与共和两党都将於下月在芝加哥召开全国代表大会,正式提出各党的总统候选人。在美国,这几天正是‘最热闹’的日子。各种各样的职业政客、大资本家、大官僚、党棍子、流氓、恶霸全在‘大显身手’,一天到晚乱烘烘地闹成一片。竞选人到处奔走演说,甚至僱傭了大批乐队,吹吹打打地招摇过市。这就是美国资产阶级宣传家所标榜的所谓‘美国民主’!事实上‘美国民主’是一点民主气息也没有的。我们先来看一下美国的选举制度。根据美国 The United States will hold its quadrennial presidential election on November 4 this year. Both the Democratic and Republican parties, the instruments of U.S. monopoly capital, will hold a national convention in Chicago next month, formally proposing presidential candidates for each party. In the United States these days are the ’hottest’ days. All sorts of professional politicians, big capitalists, big bureaucrats, party sticks, gangsters and bullies are all doing their bit to show their talents. The candidates ran around for speeches, and even employed a large number of bands to sway through the city. This is the so-called ’U.S. democracy’ that the American bourgeois propagandists have advertised! In fact, ’U.S. democracy’ is a bit of a democratic one. Let’s take a look at the U.S. electoral system. According to the United States