Functionality of Brazil and United States voting system
Brazil and US election systems have their similarities and differences, being the ones with the better vote system in the world, but at the same time they have corrupt governments, making the theft of public money inevitable everywhere.
In the US election system, the political parties (Republicans and Democrats) have to choose a candidate who they want as president between January and June. The society votes for people who are called 'delegates' (who are supporting a candidate). If a candidate wins the election in a state they get all that state's delegates. Each state has a certain number of delegates depending on how many people live there. The person from each party with the most delegates then becomes their candidate and turns into a president.
In my country’s election system, people vote directly for the candidate they want for president that is picked out from each party without choosing delegates and the president is chosen when most of the population votes for him/her.
I prefer to vote directly for the candidate without choosing a delegate, but I think that the number of candidates should be smaller than they are for president and for the other sectors, consequently reducing the number of parties for only 2, just like the US does, to decrease the corruption.
The election system in the US seems to be quite complex. I don't know, maybe it's because I'm not used to it, but I guess I prefer the way it is in Brazil as well.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your post, Arthur!
Hi there!
ReplyDeleteNice post Arthur!
Well, even with a lot of problems that we have in Brazil, I do prefer Brazil´s system for elections.
Although, I think that we need a reform of the political system. I also am for reducing
the number of parties, but not for only 2 (I think is too little...).
Cheers!
Geisa
Thanks for the coments Geisa and Gabriele!
ReplyDeleteI prefer the Brazilian election system too. But I think we need some changes considering the US election system, such as reducing the number of parties for two and make groups that supervise the politicians to prevent the corruption if it is still possible.
Have a nice week!
Cheers!
Arthur