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Originally posted by aurora_borealis
**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?
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We don't mind visitors. Just be respectful (I don't worry that you would be disrespectful...but there are some people...)
I haven't seen any Presidential election commercials. I don't know if they are shown here. It might have something to do with Can. Con. laws or other legals issues.
Do you get the CBC, that's the best station to find our election commercials on. You might not get them because there are legal issue surrounding what commercials the US and Canada can pick up.
Can anyone else shed some more light on this?