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FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
I mean. Not all. In lots of parliamentary democracies people vote far more for the policies/party than the name.
We don’t even have a head of the executive in Switzerland like you do with your president in the US. It’s a 7 person council.
JamesStallion@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
I am not American, but I think my statement can be said to be true of the US, UK, France, Canada, Spain and Italy at the very least since these are countries whose recent elections I have followed a bit.
FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
So except for Spain and Italy, the rare few countries that have single member electoral districts which means you vote for candidates instead of party lists?
JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Your contradicter is right. You’re basically describing the list system, which is the purest form of PR and pretty common in Europe. You vote for a platform and a list, not for individuals.