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Originally posted by RACooper
Ah.. the US is a Republic, and we are technically a Constitutional Monarchy... as it stands I can't think of any true Democracy in the world right now (maybe the Isle of Man comes close).
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**emerging from below the border**
My dear friend is Manx, and in conversation it was explained to me the Tynwald's (oldest parliament in the world I believe since Viking times) Legislative Council elects the Chief Minister, but the people elect the House of Keys members by party vote. But by definition they are a parliamentary democracy, but have monarchy influence, as Queen Elizabeth II is head of state and chooses who the Lt. Governor is.
As for the Aussie model, can you imagine how many people would make uninformed votes just to stay out of trouble? Better to have more educated voter perhaps, than those who vote for the name they recognize or the first person on the list?
I live close enough to Canada to get some commercials and television, but there is never anything political that I see. Are commercials for our elections coming across the border the other way?