The study of electoral systems leads to similar questions. Richard Rose
(1984: 80) observes: ‘[D]emocratic governments have fundamental features in
common; the character of the electoral system is not one of these features.’
Electoral systems are another important element in achieving democracy. ‘The
future of democracy in both established and emerging systems depends to a
large extent on events related to the electoral process, because elections are
the one political institution that both leads and reflects many of the social,
political, and economic trends