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Yes. four years
 
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No, keep two years
 
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LabourJersey
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« on: May 22, 2017, 08:07:46 AM »

Yes, and abolish the senate while you're at it. It would be a nice segue into a parliamentary system that would actually be equipped to govern in the 21st century, unlike the relic currently in place.
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LabourJersey
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« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2017, 01:43:11 PM »

Yes, and abolish the senate while you're at it. It would be a nice segue into a parliamentary system that would actually be equipped to govern in the 21st century, unlike the relic currently in place.

The parlamentary system has the big disadvatage that there is too much party splitting. You got too many parties what makes it difficult to establish coalition governments. I also don't like the concept of party discipline for legislators.

That's not the case for a lot of countries, especially anglophone nations (UK, Australia, NZ and Malta don't have serious party splitting and normally have one party govts). I think the political psychology of Americans isn't receptive to multi-party thinking anyway, at least in the near future.
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