| No we don't. Parliamentary systems are totally different with voting. In the US, you constantly see Democrats and Republicans crossing the aisle, although the Republicans who cross the aisle tend to be the ones that haven't been hyjacked by the fundamentalists and neo-cons and think this current group is insane. The Democrats cross the aisle constantly, with only a few exceptions (East coast and West Coast Dems). Parliamentary systems rarely let members vote their conscience, so they get an efficiant form of getting legislation passed and judges appointed. If I remember correctly, you don't vote for individuals, you vote for the party and the seats are assigned. I could be confusing this with other forms of representative democracy though, since its been about 4 years since I've looked at modern British/Canadian government setups. |