Present System Quotes
In the Israeli system, voters do not vote for individual politicians; they vote for parties. Based on the proportion of votes, the parties are apportioned the number of seats in the Knesset they get. Then each party selects their winning candidates from their full list of candidates in order. The voters do get to see the entire list for each party, and there are party primaries to determine who is on the list and in what order.
The extreme left wing revolutionists were counting on a continuing of the Great Depression’s pattern of lowering the average standard of living to produce a revolution and a downfall of capitalism in America. They saw Roosevelt and the New Deal as the element that could prevent the radical change so they opposed the President and his programs. However, when Russia needed the material support of the capitalist countries for its fight with Nazism, the Party line changed and Roosevelt was no longer attacked by the communists but was actively supported. Communists became “patriotic” all of a sudden.
