Talk:Parliamentary government formation

User:Dr. Edmonds, this is a specifically British/European concept? Can you clarify that in the intro? Should it really be linked from the Main Page? — Psephomancy (talk) 16:27, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

Psephomancy No, all systems result in a government/executive branch in the end. Germany, the US and all the countries using the westminster system all do this in different ways. The topic of reform for this sort of thing is also quite important but does not get much attention from the election science community. I am more well informed on parliamentary systems and have put down what I can for them on this page. Somebody should add some more content for presidential systems. I think the major reform efforts there are with open primaries and electoral college. In both these systems the actual formation process tends to be "find the head of state and let them appoint the rest of the government (cabinet/staff/ect). There was a good discussion of all this here --Dr. Edmonds (talk) 16:54, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

I don't believe there's any such concept in the US. "The government" is just "the set of all elected representatives". There is no "formation of government" or "opposition party", etc. Maybe you mean that the same thing happens, but under different names? — Psephomancy (talk) 16:59, 28 March 2020 (UTC)