Mr. Harper is the Prime Minister of Canada but you can't vote for him. Even if you are 18 and legally entitled to vote. If you lived in the Calgary Southwest riding, you could have voted for him to be an MP. If you were a card carrying member of the Conservative Party of Canada, and a delegate to their leadership convention, you could have voted for him to be leader of the party.
The Prime Minister of Canada is the leader of the federal political party that holds the most seats. We don't vote for our Prime Minister. On November 6, the people of the United States will be electing their president. If you were an eligible American voter, could you vote directly for Obama or Romney?
The President of the United States is not directly elected either. He is elected by people named "Presidential Electors" through a process known as the Electoral College. These people pledge to vote for a particular presidential and vice presidential candidate. Electors are appointed by the state legislature through various means, varying from state to state. C Occasionally "faithless electors" vote for different candidates than those they pledged to support. Then the regular voters vote the elector ...and it is the elector who votes for president.
The Prime Minister of Canada is the leader of the federal political party that holds the most seats. We don't vote for our Prime Minister. On November 6, the people of the United States will be electing their president. If you were an eligible American voter, could you vote directly for Obama or Romney?
The President of the United States is not directly elected either. He is elected by people named "Presidential Electors" through a process known as the Electoral College. These people pledge to vote for a particular presidential and vice presidential candidate. Electors are appointed by the state legislature through various means, varying from state to state. C Occasionally "faithless electors" vote for different candidates than those they pledged to support. Then the regular voters vote the elector ...and it is the elector who votes for president.
There are many differences between the electoral process in Canada and the United States. Which one do you think is more democratic?
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