I thought the parliamentary system was superior to the Ameriburger two-party system?
France's system is like America's, except with run-off voting which is why you have several Uniparties rather than just two.
Proportional representation is generally what results in multiparty systems, not parliamentary.
Anyway, I'm not resolved on which system is more garbage. Our problem is that the Mitt Romney supporter types are not forced into a binary choice, but can vote for a "center-right" (means far-left in Europe) party, which is why it's very hard to get to 51% for anyone remotely decent. On the other hand, when you do get to 51% with the Mitt Romneys, you can't get anything done either. We're screwed no mater what happens.
France's system is like America's, except with run-off voting
Not even remotely close. A Prime Minister is nothing like a President and the process of "forming a government" looks like nothing we're familiar with.
Critically.. the President cannot "dissolve the legislature."
France's system is like America's, except with run-off voting which is why you have several Uniparties rather than just two.
Proportional representation is generally what results in multiparty systems, not parliamentary.
Anyway, I'm not resolved on which system is more garbage. Our problem is that the Mitt Romney supporter types are not forced into a binary choice, but can vote for a "center-right" (means far-left in Europe) party, which is why it's very hard to get to 51% for anyone remotely decent. On the other hand, when you do get to 51% with the Mitt Romneys, you can't get anything done either. We're screwed no mater what happens.
Not even remotely close. A Prime Minister is nothing like a President and the process of "forming a government" looks like nothing we're familiar with.
Critically.. the President cannot "dissolve the legislature."
The President is like the President...
You know what Macron is, right?
This is correct. I was talking about the way the members of the legislature are elected. It's not proportional like in many European countries.