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Considering France is under control of a proud socialist and their nation is in significant financial distress, I'm not sure I want to model their system.
While I think Trump is a nightmare - that cartoon is absurd. There is no such thing as a "professional president". George Washington was a farmer. Thomas Jefferson was an attorney. Ronald Reagan was an actor. In fact, our founders designed a system specifically for the purpose of having "commoners" serve as representatives.
The cartoon is typical of the liberal snobbery. The idea that we need an elite class only to "rule" over the people. Of course, the irony is that Trump (a New York billionaire) is exponentially more elite than Arkansas bumpkin Hilldabeast.
At the same time, the Swiss system has an executive made up of various people, 7 I think, and they're appointed from those who have served well in the legislature. They don't end up with their leaders shouting their mouths off like Trump does, alienating, having populism all over the place. Just steady politics.
Ventura's suggestion is still the best I've heard. No party affiliation on the ballot means one cannot go in and simply vote Republican or Democrat across the board.
I also strongly believe we need to have mandatory polygraphs for anyone even running for office. Nobody should be allowed to misrepresent what they stand for when running for public office.
You have to understand that the way they elect their president doesn't lead to all the issues their country has, especially with striking on a constant basis.
Look at the election in 2012, 28% voted for Hollande, 27% for Sarkozy. Compare this to the US where it's like 51% to 49%.
18% decided to vote for le Penn, 11% for Melonchon.
In the second round it was 51% to 48% for or less like the US election. So the people had the freedom to choose, before then going for a more negative in the second round. In the US people don't get heard. Sometimes other people get into second place, like le Penn's father did once, then people have a say. In the US it's just "vote rep or dem because if you don't, the one you don't like will get in" and no one gets to vote for their party, parties don't get to advance in the political system.
So it's only good for reps and dems.