AN EXAMINATION OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE PEOPLES' REPUBLIC OF CHINA

There is consensus among theorists and development practitioners that one of the greatest
challenges to the development of nations is political leadership. In many developed
nations of the world, Political power with effective leadership manifested in the high
standard of living of the citizens with the provision of critical infrastructures that render
efficient services to ensures human capital development. Consequently, where a nation
stagnated and underdeveloped, it means that the leadership has failed to harness the
resources and the ingenuity of the people for national development. Therefore the
wholesome development and security of a Nation is line with the quality of its leadership.
Some of the countries under Electoral Democracy experienced leadership failure over the
years. So how do these systems that are considered as the most successful overcame the
leadership failure? In order to achieve its objective, this paper used doctrinal method and
analyses literatures on Electoral Democracy, Electoral College of the United States of
America and the Politburo of the Peoples’ Republic of China. The research findings
reveal that under both the Electoral College and the Politburo, leaders were elected by
few individuals rather than the general public as anticipated by the Electoral Democracy.
The research makes recommendation that Countries with leadership failures should
consider another system of electing head of states.