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technically, the u. s. has a two year "election' cycle. but we do have 'initiative" and special elections that can occur more often. but its not as bad as a parliamentary system system, is it? where you can have an unlimited number of elections in a given year. doesn't any vote of "no confidence" force another national election and a change of govt?
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@ricksimon9867 ... thanks for explaining that. but i'm not confusing you two. you're german and the other cat is australian. i know there's a lot of stupid americans out there but i'm not one of them. one thing i'm learning is that foreigners are just as ignorant of their political systems as americans are of theirs. i'm beginning to wonder if anyone knows what the hell's going on!
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@AussieNaturalist ... no, like i said, elections are held every two years. not every office is up for reelection every two years. in fact we have people in the same elected office for 50 years! now that's insane! the two year cycle is called a "midterm." house reps are voted on every two years, the president every 4 years and senators every 6 years. so the two year cycle takes care of all these offices. a midterm is an election cycle where a presidential race ISN'T being decided. i know plenty of parliamentary govts can go through numerous govt changes within a year. prime ministers can hold office indefinately OR until a "no confidence" vote removes them from office and new elections are held. this just happened in britain not too long ago. they went through two or three prime ministers in a matter of months. it happened recently in israel and south korea. it happens all over the place. so i know parliamentary systems. they can change govts often or hold onto govts for as long as "confidence" in the govt is sustained.
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@ricksimon9867 ... how long did merkel hold her chancelor post? 16 YEARS? don't you think that's a bit much? some systems have a mix of federal systems and parliamentary systems. they have a president and a prime minister. they also have a "head of state" and a "head of govt;" two seperate offices. unfortuantely there hasn't been, yet created, an uncorruptable system. and as long as capitalism continues to rear its ugly head, we never will.
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@ricksimon9867 ... lastly, who's OP?
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@scotmark ,,, isn't it great when people insult others while not countering any of their points. its called an ad hominem. don't worry. its common on the internet for people to reduce themselves to such low levels. normally i'd ask what on earth i wrote that offended you so much. but frankly i don't care. i'm sick of people like you.
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