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Think of some of the awful presidents who the US has had over the past 20 years. Inexperienced and divisive. And think of the awful presidential candidates who the US has had.
Countries with parliamentary systems of picking a head of government, such as the UK, would not have picked such people. In a parliamentary system, the legislature picks the prime minister; s/he isn’t directly elected by voters.
Wouldn’t a parliamentary system result in better choices to fill the office of president?
As it stands now, the States select the President. Each State has just so chosen to allow their citizenry to vote for that state's allotment of electoral votes.
The 50 states could decide tomorrow to allow their governors or legislatures to send the electors on behalf of the people. They could also just as easily decide based on a boxing match or sack race between party heads.
How about we promote local control which is what the founders envisioned instead of the one size fits all approach?
I've been told that is impossible because of the interstate commerce clause. It apparently gives control of everything to the federal government. It essentially nullifies the 10th amendment, because there is no issue that the commerce clause does not delegate to the federal government.
Top 5 jungle primary combined with ranked choice voting on 2 part printed cards (Security) for president.
National primary held third weekend (Sat thru Tues) in August. 60 day campaign before that.
National election First weekend in Nov (Sat thru Tues)
Wouldn’t a parliamentary system pick better executives than a presidential system
No system will pick a better president when a large segment of the populace has been brainwashed into accepting that authoritarian collectivism is a desirable form of government.
Think of some of the awful presidents who the US has had over the past 20 years. Inexperienced and divisive. And think of the awful presidential candidates who the US has had.
Countries with parliamentary systems of picking a head of government, such as the UK, would not have picked such people. In a parliamentary system, the legislature picks the prime minister; s/he isn’t directly elected by voters.
Wouldn’t a parliamentary system result in better choices to fill the office of president?
I see somebody missed the Boris Johnson saga.
I do think a parliamentary system is better because it avoids to persistent gridlock the US faces, where Congress and the White House are from opposite parties, nothing gets done (or bad things get done), and most voters can't even understand which party is to blame.
I think it's critical to democracy that it be as clear as possible who is in charge, otherwise how can voters possibly make educated voting decisions?
Think of some of the awful presidents who the US has had over the past 20 years. Inexperienced and divisive. And think of the awful presidential candidates who the US has had.
Countries with parliamentary systems of picking a head of government, such as the UK, would not have picked such people. In a parliamentary system, the legislature picks the prime minister; s/he isn’t directly elected by voters.
Wouldn’t a parliamentary system result in better choices to fill the office of president?
The leader of the party that controls the House of Commons becomes Prime Minister. If we had a parliamentary system here, the Prime Minister would probably be Nancy Pelosi. If the Republicans take over Congress it would probably be Mitch McConnell.
Donald Trump would probably not have been Prime Minister, because first he would have to win a seat in Congress.
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