Why does America vote on a Tuesday ?

Brits. vote traditionally on a Thursday so that the result can be known early hours Friday.
The House of Commons website suggests this is just a tradition so that there is still one working day in the week left for the incoming Prime Minister to select his cabinet before assuming the Parliamentary role first thing Monday morning.

Of course, that doesn't sit with the Civil Service whose job it is to actually [i]do[/i] the Ministerial work elected MP's and Prime Ministers [i]say[/i] they're going to do !
Traditionally Civil Servants and Bankers and later, Financiers, ALL traditionally ONLY worked Monday to Friday. So any new Prime Minister wouldn't get to meet any of his departments heads until first thing Monday morning.
But as we all know, money and business stops for no-one !

In 1845, USA was mostly an agrarian society, allowing farmers to need a full day of traveling by horse drawn vehicle to vote. Tuesday was the election day because they didn't want it to interfere with "biblical Sabbath", which was held on Wednesday in many towns.


There's my little history 101.

Unfortunately, like today where everyone wants everything to fit "their needs" this day will be something you will just have to deal with and move on.

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I have never understood why Britain votes on a Thursday.

Thanks. I learned something today :)

Because they decided to.