Why hasn’t Israel gotten rid of Netanyahu?
My Zionist patience is running thin.
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Strictmichael75 · 61-69, M
LeopoldBloom · M
@Strictmichael75 Netanyahu wasn't elected the same way a US president is elected. People there vote for at-large representatives of the parties they support, and once the new Knesset is seated, the various parties work to form coalitions. The majority coalition chooses the Prime Minister. It would be as if the US only had a House of Representatives, no Senate and no Presidency, and the Speaker of the House was the head of government. Throw in a bunch of small parties to the point where neither the Democrats nor the Republicans had a majority and that's basically how Israel's government works.
At-large means you don't vote for a local representative like we do. Knesset members cover the entire country. It works there because it's a small country. I'm not sure it would work in the US. It would be like you live in California but you vote for Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebert, Paul Gosar, and Matt Gaetz, while I live in Georgia and vote for AOC, Nancy Pelosi, and Hakeem Jeffries.
At-large means you don't vote for a local representative like we do. Knesset members cover the entire country. It works there because it's a small country. I'm not sure it would work in the US. It would be like you live in California but you vote for Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebert, Paul Gosar, and Matt Gaetz, while I live in Georgia and vote for AOC, Nancy Pelosi, and Hakeem Jeffries.