As the country's political leaders continue to get older, events and episodes of decline among politicians continue to happen publicly.

People mentioned in this article are very old.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), 81 Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), 90 President Joe Biden, 80 Former President Donald Trump, 77

  •  Strayce   ( @Strayce@lemmy.sdf.org ) English
    3•1 year ago

    Australia sort of has a system like this. You have to have the money to campaign up front, but you can claim back a percentage based on how much of the vote you get. In practice it just means we end up with a ton of minor and single issue parties doing preference deals and trading favours in the senate.

    •  kent_eh   ( @kent_eh@lemmy.ca ) English
      3•1 year ago

      Australia sort of has a system like this. You have to have the money to campaign up front, but you can claim back a percentage based on how much of the vote you get

      Canada did as well for a few years. Then a conservative government got elected and cancelled it.