Comment on Japan's Takaichi dissolves parliament after only 3 months in office, setting up snap election
9point6@lemmy.world 2 days agoWe had a bit of it in the UK over recent years. Generally it’s for two reasons.
Firstly, and most commonly: it’s because a leader is polling particularly well compared to the previous election and it’s a gambit to go for a greater share of power
Secondly, the situation where a new leader has succeeded the previous one without election and wants to gain legitimacy by winning an election
standarduser@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
ah! Thank you for helping me understand.
So is this a parliamentary only thing or are there equivalents for general assemblies or American congress?
swelter_spark@reddthat.com 15 hours ago
There is no equivalent I can think of in the American congress.
9point6@lemmy.world 2 days ago
You’ll have to wait for an American to chime in on that, I’m afraid
I can’t remember anything similar off the top of my head, but I don’t know much in any real detail about American politics beyond recent history and some of the broad strokes before that.
skribe@piefed.social 2 days ago
The yanks have fixed terms, so likely not.