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A parliamentary system elects the president from the legislative branch.No, it means that I do not see merit in a parliamentary system. You are the one that seems to think opposition to a PA means that I accept what we have or don't want a system. I gave you what I think would be a drastic improvement.I never said that the power was not vested in parties here. What I said was that what you were talking about has that problem as well.No.
PR simply enshrines the power in parties rather than candidates. That is the opposite of what we need.
I prefer going to a IRV for the presidential race (and that also addresses Contumacious statements as well). It removes the stigmas associated with third party voting allowing people to vote their conscious without splitting the vote AND the winning candidate receives a plurality of the vote every time.
I'm sorry, but the power is enshrined MASSIVELY in parties in the US. The parties in the US, the two of them, are far stronger than any party in Germany.
The German system has a duel system, I like it a lot. You vote twice. You vote for your constituency member, who gets elected. Once they are all elected then party lists take over. So you get both.
Also, in the presidential election, you'd have the popular vote, rather than the farce of the electoral college, but in Congress you'd have a similar system to Germany.
Personally I think the presidential election should be like France. A run off system. People can vote for whoever they like in the first round. Then in the 2nd round they vote for those who came in the top two (or potentially top three if the 3rd placed person got enough votes).
I agree with the runoff voting which is why I said I supported IRV. I forgot to put my link in my last post:
Instant-runoff voting - Wikipedia
^this, IMHO, would do a LOT to help people get actual representation rather than just lip service.
Every system has a problem. Does that mean we shouldn't have a system? Well that'd be a problem too. Oh no.
However the FPTP + PR system has a lot less problems than the US system.
I do not think that a PA would be an improvement at all. Even more, it would be fundamentally against a the basic concepts of this nation. Namely separation of powers.
No, I'm not calling for a change in having three separate parts of the government. I'm talking about changing the way people vote.
I've not said a single thing about changing the separation of powers....