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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink7•2 months agoCanada can manage it just fine and our candidates stump by moose and canoe.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink8•2 months agoYep, but America is still using the same election law that expects the delegates to travel on stage coach for a month before they can cast their vote in Washington DC.
minus-squareFuglyDucklinkEnglish2•2 months agoCanada has what 40 million people? The us has 340 million. For comparison, California has 38 million, New York (state) has 19 million (NYC has like 9 mil alone)
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•2 months agoI did - but size is also irrelevant. France does their’s in two weeks. Unfortunately America was the alpha version of Democracy and in retrospect, a lot of the mechanics are pretty dumb and broken.
Canada can manage it just fine and our candidates stump by moose and canoe.
Canada is barely larger than the UK population wise
Yep, but America is still using the same election law that expects the delegates to travel on stage coach for a month before they can cast their vote in Washington DC.
It isn’t larger by population.
Canada has what 40 million people?
The us has 340 million.
For comparison, California has 38 million, New York (state) has 19 million (NYC has like 9 mil alone)
They meant by size (as a joke).
I did - but size is also irrelevant. France does their’s in two weeks.
Unfortunately America was the alpha version of Democracy and in retrospect, a lot of the mechanics are pretty dumb and broken.