Watch the following video about the voting system in the United States:
What are the main differences between our voting system and theirs according to the video? Find at least one more difference on the web -there are many!
Do you know about the electoral system in other countries?
Please post your answers in a comment below.
There are so many diferences between our voting system and the one fro the Usa.
ReplyDeleteAmericans vote for a specific candidate instead of directly selecting a particular political party.
Some states do allow 17-year-olds to vote, this didn't happend here, yet.
First there are primary elections in states and then the general election.
Primary elections are held before the general election, and is decided who will be the candidate of the party in the general election.
In each state, the candidate with the most votes wins all the electoral votes of that state, except Nebraska and Maine, which are distributed in proportion to the number of votes received. Presidential candidate needs 270 electoral votes to be elected. Then, the candidate who wins become the next president of the USA.
This system is called Electoral College.
No, I didn't know anything about the electoral system in other countries. I would like to know if they are differents or not. This from the USA i didn't know it and it was interesting to learn it.
yes, there are MANY differences!
DeleteI agree that it's interesting to learn about these differences
I don t know so much about our voting sistem, but i think that one diferent is that we vote at 18 and they vote at 17.
ReplyDeleteI know that in Canada the vote is electronic, they put in a tv the candidate that you want, here is with paper.
Thanks Valentin. There are several differences, perhaps if you watch the video again you'll notice many more.
DeleteI'm not sure I understand it when you say that in Canada they put the candidate 'in a TV', do you mean on a computer screen?
According to the video they vote an esfecific candidate and they have 2 senators per state.
ReplyDeleteVoting in Brazil:
Electronic voting was first introduced to Brazil in 1996; with the first tests carried out in the state of Santa Catarina. The primary design goal of the Brazilian voting machine is extreme simplicity, the model being a public phone booth.
I didn't know that about Brazil! Thanks for sharing.
DeleteI'd suggest you watch the video again to get a clearer picture, the number of senators a state has doesn't really mean much, compare that to the number of electors in each state..
I could notice that in the video they vote for one and only candidate and two senadors for every state.
ReplyDeleteelections in mexico:
The elections in each state are done at different times, depending on the state, and are not necessarily held at the same time with the federal elections.
Guada, what do you mean when you say that they vote for 'one and only' candidate? Read the comment that I made above on Mariana's post, I'm not sure you understood how a state's population affects their influence on the elections.
DeleteI'm afraid I don't completely get what you tried to explain about the elections in Mexico, can you include some more information?
mexicans vote:
Delete128 Senators. Members of the upper house of Congress, three from each state of the federation and the Federal District, elected directly and 32 national list, all of them for a period of six years
Federales.Miembros 500 deputies in the lower house of Congress, 300 directly elected for each single-member district and 200 indirectly elected through a system of national lists for each of the five constituencies in which the country is divided , all for a period of three years
Ohhh, I see!
Delete-They vote for one candidate and they vote 2 senators per state, too.
ReplyDelete-They can start voting at 17 years old.
Voting in Israel:
Elections in Israel are limited to the choice of the Israeli parliament.The Israeli electoral system has a 2% electoral barrier which favors small parties and avoids large majorities. Israel also has a president but it is a symbolic figure who is elected in parliament.
I find this 2% electoral barrier interesting, how does it work?
DeleteOne difference between our voting system and the USA voting system is that in the case of the US, every state stands for one choice of president or political party, while in Argentina voting is general and a province doesn't stand for a president or a political party.
ReplyDeleteOther difference is that in the U.S. Electoral College system, electors can vote for president and vice-president in different ballots, in contrast, in Argentina the ballot paper for president and vice-president are together and we can't vote for the president of one political party and a vice-president for another political party.
Voting system in Japan:
Japan doesn't have a president because they use a Parliamentarian System, which means that the highest authority is the Prime Minister of the House of Representatives. Also, the minimum voting age is twenty years; voters must satisfy a three-month residency requirement before being allowed to cast a ballot.
The Japanese political system has three types of elections: general elections to the House of Representatives held every four years, elections to the House of Councillors held every three years to choose one-half of its members, and local elections held every four years for offices in prefectures, cities, and villages.
Very interesting, Victoria. Do you happen to know how the Prime Minister gets chosen?
DeleteI think the Prime Minister is the highest authority of the House of Representatives and that it's choosen by the members of that Chamber. For more information about the topic you can enter this site: http://japanese.about.com/library/blqow28.htm :)
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ReplyDeleteIn the United States, people vote for a single candidate for President, and two sendadores by State. They are eligible to vote from the age of 17. I didn't know anything about the electoral system in other countries, but here a province doesn't stand for a president or a political party, as does United States.
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DeleteThey are two big differences between votin here in Argentina and in US. The first one is that in US you start voting at the age of 17, and here in Argentina you are eligible to vote from the age of 18. The second one is that in US you vote for a candidate but also for two senator for each state.
ReplyDeleteI really don't know about difference of another state at the timo of votin, but searchin on web:
The country of Canada is a constitutional monarchy. This means that Canada is both a monarchy (a king or queen is the head of state) and a democracy - Canadian citizens vote for political candidates to represent them in government.
There are three levels of government where Canadians can vote in democratic elections:
municipal (village, town or city)
provincial or territorial (province or territory)
federal (national)
Thanks for the info, Gonzalo
DeleteWhat are the main differences between our voting system and theirs according to the video? Find at least one more difference on the web -there are many!
ReplyDeleteThe main difference is that the president is elect indirectly because, to became president, a candidate has to have the votes of most of the states.
One difference that I found is that political partys are not as influencial as in Argentina.
Do you know about the electoral system in other countries?
I don't know the details, but I do know that in Japan you have to be 20 to be able to vote.
What are the main differences between our voting system and theirs according to the video?
ReplyDeleteThe great difference of voting system here and in eeuu is that here is more general, votes are number by the quantity of people whereas in eeuu people vote and every district represent a president and after that they do a second voting where they will chose the finnaly president.
Also they can start voting at the age of seventeen.
Do you know about the electoral system in other countries?
In india, At the national level, the head of government, Prime Minister, is elected by the members of Lok Sabha, lower house of the parliament of India.
lok sabha is the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by direct election under universal adult franchise.
Very interesting, Manuel!
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