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| Acmlm's Board - I2 Archive - General Chat - Popular Vote or Electoral College? |
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Which Vote should decide the President?| There are two options. | Popular Vote |
77.8%, 14 votes | Electoral College |
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Arwon Zora Level: 35  Posts: 118/506 EXP: 278115 For next: 1821 Since: 03-15-04 From: Terra Australis Incognita Since last post: 5 hours Last activity: 10 min. |
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| No, most of South America excluding Brazil, as well as Liberia (and I think the Philipines), also have broadly similar systems modelled on the US, wherein the President is both Head of State and Head of Government and wields a lot of executive power pretty much on his own. Most newly independent Latin American nations modelled themselves to some extent on the USA. This model is usually called the "presidential system" (or "congressional") of republican government, as opposed to the "parliamentary system" like say Ireland or India, where the head of the Legislature (Prime Minister or Premier usually) wields most of the executive power and the president is largely ceremonial, a figurehead who is very very beholden and answerable to the parliament (or congress, or diet). There's probably some specific differences between the US and those Latin American nations and Liberia, of course, as there are between any two countries, but they're, basically, pretty similar systems. |
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neotransotaku Baby Mario 戻れたら、 誰も気が付く Level: 87 Posts: 1338/4016 EXP: 6220548 For next: 172226 Since: 03-15-04 From: Outside of Time/Space Since last post: 11 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| okay...if that is the case...maybe it was that we are the only ones who has the electoral college... but i know there is something about U.S. government structure not shared anywhere else in the federal system of government anyways | |||
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The SomerZ Summer, yay! Level: 45  Posts: 522/862 EXP: 618182 For next: 41982 Since: 03-15-04 From: Norway Since last post: 2 days Last activity: 3 hours |
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| I like the system the way it is here (in Norway), with Proportional Representation and Parliamentarism (meaning that the Executive Branch (Prime Minister) depends on the Legislative Branch (Parliament). Basically, the party or coallition of parties in Parliament that has the majority (or is the biggest of the minorities), gets the Prime Minister. Should the balance somehow be skewed (because of a representative changing parties, or a party leaving a coallition), then someone else will become Prime Minister). Though the system of Parliamentarism goes away from Montesquieu's traditional seperation of power into three branches, it still works quite well. | |||
hhallahh Bob-Omb Level: 38  Posts: 339/607 EXP: 365476 For next: 4971 Since: 03-15-04 From: Portland, OR Since last post: 73 days Last activity: 60 days |
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| Proportional voting would entail the destruction of all local congressional districts, and hence is pretty undesirable on those grounds alone. I don't think many people would support it. The electoral college is generally undesirable for several reasons. I could make a list, but it's not necessary. |
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