Is Manitoba confused?

Pavolo wrote:Well the last Liberal one I was at there was a fair amount, mind you they had money in those days.

AGEsAces wrote:I guess I'm confused then.

Or...been an American too long ).

Down there...I could vote for a different person/party for any office. The only exception is when someone is running with a "running mate" like President/Vice President.

But I could certainly choose a city councilor who was from one party, and a mayor from another, and a state senator from another, and a state representative from another, and a governor from yet another. MOST of the votes would be wasted though, since there really only two viable parties. MOST of the "independent" parties get an office because nobody runs against them...or because the incumbent was SOOOO bad, everyone is just voting against another term.

Freeman wrote:You point out the big difference between Canada and the US. The US has 2 parties. In Canada, we let everyone who thinks they have a better mousetrap create a political party and then somehow, all of us are supposed to support them. The Greens never got a single seat....again, so why should we recognize them as a party. They took a shot and lost.

Freeman wrote:So why don't we hear more about the other parties in the US?

Freeman wrote:Impressive list. So, there is a mechanism to keep them off the ballot. I have no problem with forming parties (Party all you want is my motto), just don't waste my time and my tax dollars.