> Ken wrote:
>
> > Same system in Canada, basically. In Canada, in federal elections, you
vote for
> > your local MP, not for the Prime Minister (president) . The MP who wins
gets one
> > seat in parliament. The party which ends up with the most seats forms
the next
> > Government and the Prime Minister is the head of that party. It is quite
> > possible for a party to win the largest percentage of the vote but not
to form
> > the next Government because it didn't win as many seats. Sound familiar.
>
> and mags chimes in:
> and with our federal election only a week or so away, we are all watching
with
> baited breath what Doris Day (formally known as Stockwell Day) has to say.
He is one
> scary homophobic, racist sick puppy b****** and Im leaving the country if
he gets
> elected. That ok with y'all???
We have a similar system here, although we have something called MMP, which
stands for Mixed Member Proportional representation. Everyone has two
votes, one for a party (which will effectively decide the Prime Minister),
and one for a local MP. The candidate in your electorate with the most
votes becomes the electorate MP. The party vote decides the share of all
seats in Parliament. Each party will have "list members" who may not be
elected in their electorate, but may become MP's because the party needs to
fill all the seats they've won. With this method, you can get some real
morons into Parliament!
It's all rather confusing and I don't like it! But it seems to be much the
same everywhere in the world - no one seems to have an electoral system that
works or is liked.
And by the way, I thought I'd already told everyone they have to leave their
countries for New Zealand, and nowhere else! Are you listening Wally? Stop
trying to lure everyone to South America!
Hell
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