HAHAHA, TRUE THAT! < u > I learned about Electoral votes and why Al Gore happened to lose to George Bush. Man, such a confusing way of doing it. @ u@ Here, you vote for the elected leader in your constituency (whichever party they belong to, whether it be Conservative, Liberal, NDP, etc.), as opposed to just "Barrack Obama" or "Mitt Romney." And then the votes are tallied that way. Whoever's party has the most votes, their leader becomes Prime Minister.
Also, other fun facts. A Prime Minister isn't even obliged to call an election. There's no set time. They can just call it whenever they feel like, unlike in the US when you know when you'll be voting! So we never have any idea when an election is coming until the government lets out word of it. ; 7; There's no set limit for how long you can be PM, either.
Not only is super cute and funny I learned a lot about Canadian government, I wish my country was like that >_> thou if it was like that we would've been changing the whole government all the time, we probably be changing it every 6 month, yeah they are just awful *sigh*
ChibiSasuke
13th Angel (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 03/10/13 | Reply
@BabyD:
HAHAHA, TRUE THAT! < u > I learned about Electoral votes and why Al Gore happened to lose to George Bush. Man, such a confusing way of doing it. @ u@ Here, you vote for the elected leader in your constituency (whichever party they belong to, whether it be Conservative, Liberal, NDP, etc.), as opposed to just "Barrack Obama" or "Mitt Romney." And then the votes are tallied that way. Whoever's party has the most votes, their leader becomes Prime Minister.
Also, other fun facts. A Prime Minister isn't even obliged to call an election. There's no set time. They can just call it whenever they feel like, unlike in the US when you know when you'll be voting! So we never have any idea when an election is coming until the government lets out word of it. ; 7; There's no set limit for how long you can be PM, either.
LOTS OF LESSONS, WOOHOO. Thank you!
BabyD
Barton (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 03/10/13 | Reply
Not only is super cute and funny I learned a lot about Canadian government, I wish my country was like that >_> thou if it was like that we would've been changing the whole government all the time, we probably be changing it every 6 month, yeah they are just awful *sigh*