I have no idea how true this is? It is just a random shower thought.
It may be more true where I am in Canada than in the US? Here, senators are essentially appointed for life. I understand US senators are elected but have longer terms and generally more stable careers than their counterparts? In either case, there seems to be a lot of prestige that comes with the position.
In the UK the house of Lords is like that but in Australia the upper house has 6 year terms and have to go for reelection. Seats change all the time. Very few are safe seats.
I think the Canadian system is very much modelled after the UK?
That’s interesting about Australia though. Btw I understand Australia has a ranked voting system in elections? Curious about how well that works. Our first-past-the-post is a nightmare with vote-splitting sending the “wrong” representative to the capital.
Ranked choice is first past the post with extra steps.
But doesn’t it resolve the vote-splitting problem? For example, a common scenario here is you have a right-wing candidate winning in a a left-leaning district because the left’s vote is split across more than one political party. Wouldn’t a ranked system solve that dilemma once all the dust has settled?
Pretty sure the guy you’re answering to has no idea what he’s talking about. Lol
Man the more I hear about how Australia’s government the more I wanna risk the increased chance of skin cancer
don’t forget spiders, snakes, sharks, crocodiles. drop bears
I would 100% try to pet a dingo