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Old 11-04-2008, 09:11 AM   #37
Yorick
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Default Re: Election Question

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Originally Posted by Lavindathar View Post

Plus you have all these pre-elections or w/e in states and polls and all this...we don't.

Really? So the Tory party and the Labour Party and the Liberal Dems don't all vote on who their leader is before they go to a public election? Wow? So how is the leader chosen? A boxing match?

The preselections are the internal votes of each party. The party memberships are just so large and publicly monitored. Not as many "back room deals" like you might find in the Westminster system.
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