Virgil Showlion
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Dec 2, 2015 18:57:59 GMT -5
You gentlemen forget that Canadians, as a routine matter of course, don't care about Republican vs. Democrat. Although I'm not proud to say it, I'd wager that a healthy majority of Canadians couldn't even name the two major US parties, let alone identify with them.Canadians are much less partisan in our thinking. We don't think in terms of two parties, we switch parties far more readily, and candidates aren't even affiliated with parties in municipal elections. Combine that with nearly ten times the government representation per capita, a superior parliamentary system, and a federal elections process that typically lasts four weeks from start to finish, our democratic institutions are demonstrably superior to yours. That's not to say our government is superior in all regards, because it isn't, but I don't know how any reasonable individual could take a look at the US system and think "Wow, that works well. Why aren't we doing that?", particularly when it comes to your elections and party structure. Sometimes we sit around drinking our beer, eating our poutine, and just pitying you. Poutine is a magical thing, makes you think eh? I take exception to a bit of what you are saying, I believe that Canadians are much more in tune with what goes on in America (politically) than the reverse. Relatively speaking, Canadians know a lot more about what goes on in the US, but parties are rarely ever mentioned in our news. They'll say things to the effect of "US President Barack Obama said during the Paris climate talks..." or "On Tuesday US lawmakers tabled a bill that would...". Any interested reader is expected to know which parties control the various branches of US government. If you ran a poll right this minute asking Canadians "Which US party currently controls the White House? Which US party currently controls the House of Representatives? Which US party currently controls the Senate?", I'd wager good money that fewer than 10% of Canadians could answer all three questions correctly. It's not because Canadians don't care about the US. It's because Canadians don't particularly care about US politics. Things are so much simpler in Canada too. No primaries. No electoral college. No midterm elections. Lifetime appointments for senators and the judiciary; four-year synchronized reelections for everyone else. The party that wins the most seats in Parliament populates the executive branch, hence there's one ruling party instead of three (House, Senate, WH). Start talking to Canadians about "Super Tuesday", "swing states", "RINOs", "lame ducks", etc. and their eyes are likely to glaze over.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2015 21:56:50 GMT -5
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