When was the last time any Canadian Prime Minister's party got the majority of the over all votes? And I can't see it happening here with a multi party system.
Comparing a basically 2 party system such as the US has to our Canadian multi party system in respect to having a leader of the country elected without a majority of the votes is not a fair comparison.
Right. Apples vs oranges. For reference to the discussion,
Brihard said:
Difficult to easily compare voting trends vs results with a Westminster Parliamentary system, against a perpetual two-party republic where the presidential candidate must win an outright majority of something to get the spot.
Fudgeabout all you want lads, but I didn't make a comparison, I made a reply to the fact that someone posted something smug about 'not having a leader voted in by a majority'.....its a yes or no, not a "well ya' blah, yada,..."
Should be interesting considering not only will he be the only president to have lost the popular vote twice, the President-elect got a greater percentage of the vote against an incumbent president than anyone since 1932.
Fudgeabout all you want lads, but I didn't make a comparison, I made a reply to the fact that someone posted something smug about 'not having a leader voted in by a majority'.....its a yes or no, not a "well ya' blah, yada,..."
No Bruce, they're fundamentally different systems. We don't even directly elect our executive, they do. There's a big difference between a system where a majority of the popular vote is a common and typical part of an electoral win, and one (like ours) where a parliamentary system makes it exceedingly unlikely. A comment that makes perfect sense and carries some significance in the context of the American presidency may not be one - in this case, isn't one - that has any real relevance in ours, a system with five parties in the legislature from which our cabinet and PM are appointed. So for yo to get snippy with him over it just does't fit the facts.
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