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.
slazer2au@lemmy.world 2 months ago
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.
JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Man the more I hear about how Australia’s government the more I wanna risk the increased chance of skin cancer
slazer2au@lemmy.world 2 months ago
don’t forget spiders, snakes, sharks, crocodiles. drop bears
tunetardis@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
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.
slazer2au@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Ranked choice is first past the post with extra steps.