Which of the following represents a difference between communist and democratic countries during the cold war?

democratic countries believed in popular elections while communist countries did not

Explanation:

Democratic countries believed in popular elections, while communist countries did not.

Explanation:

The countries in the west were democratic , since representatives and candidates discussed the public affairs and appeared publicly to contest for elections. The case of France and Britain are exemplary where also some socialist candidates and parties contented for several times in elections and influenced domestic politics. These countries had the liberty to watch the news and different ideas were publicly debated.

On the contrary, Communist countries were loyal to Moscow, they recieved a complex and intrinticate system of public repression for political oppositors and ensured that the interests of the Soviet Union would me manipulated throught the state, which often included violent means and controlling the information available to the public in general.

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