I remember once reading a .uk edition of some American political book which had a foreword that explained he wasn't going to go into differences in political mechanics between our two countries because, fundamentally it was all the same thing any way and '...you will obviously have something much like primaries, but called something different...'.
Uh, not so much.
Or in other words, no, actually we don't. Primaries and Caucases are amongst the most alien pieces of freakin' weirdness you guys have for an ignorant Britisher like me, right up there with the very concept of a 'voting machine'. Mere electoral colleges are positive masterpieces of sanity and comprehensibility by comparison.
Fortunately since it was supposed to be a *humourous* political book, I guess starting off the laughter at the funny american not understanding that his quaint and alien folkways, are indeed quaint and alien folkways, right from the foreword wasn't necessarily a detriment.
The real reason the author didn't need to explain Primaries for the .uk edition is because we out here in the Provinces tend to feel the need to keep up with whats going on in the Imperial Capital and the methods by which you will select our next Emperor. Y'all knowing how our local powers that be get us to select our piddling local Governors naturally doesn't have the same level of importance :)
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Come to think of it does *any* country other than the USA have anything like Primaries or Caucuses for selecting candidates? I would have thought there must be some, but I confess I can't think of any.
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Uh, not so much.
Or in other words, no, actually we don't. Primaries and Caucases are amongst the most alien pieces of freakin' weirdness you guys have for an ignorant Britisher like me, right up there with the very concept of a 'voting machine'. Mere electoral colleges are positive masterpieces of sanity and comprehensibility by comparison.
Fortunately since it was supposed to be a *humourous* political book, I guess starting off the laughter at the funny american not understanding that his quaint and alien folkways, are indeed quaint and alien folkways, right from the foreword wasn't necessarily a detriment.
The real reason the author didn't need to explain Primaries for the .uk edition is because we out here in the Provinces tend to feel the need to keep up with whats going on in the Imperial Capital and the methods by which you will select our next Emperor. Y'all knowing how our local powers that be get us to select our piddling local Governors naturally doesn't have the same level of importance :)
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Come to think of it does *any* country other than the USA have anything like Primaries or Caucuses for selecting candidates? I would have thought there must be some, but I confess I can't think of any.