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Originally Posted by GatorB
Um let's say they did that in America. Congress is dissvoled, now if a republican is currently holding a seat in my Congressional district then how can the democrats field a candidate to grab that seat in 6 weeks? What if 5 democrats want that seat? First they have to have a primary then that guy runs against the rubuplican. Now you can't do all that in 6 weeks. Like I said stupid.
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Both systems have their ups and downs, and both are corruptible. In the end they all lead to the same result though, do you really think you have more choice in actual policy in America than we do here? Or vice versa? Ultimately all democracies are still representative democracies, and the only difference you are talking about here is that we put our trust in the party leaders and members (our representatives) to choose who they want to lead their party to election, as opposed to voting for the party leader ourselves. But again, as Sarah alluded to, the individual PM doesn't have the same kind of power as the President (in the US case) does so the point is kind of mute.