Wednesday, October 27, 2004, 7:18:20 PM, Paul Stone wrote: PS> Wouldn't it be neat to have an election that DOESN'T have 4 years of leadup PS> to it? ours has no fixed date -- the term is a maximum -- so in theory, campaigning begins when the date's announced. It is a bit less tiring that the US one! Here polls don't seem to affect the vote -- at least, not in any one way. -- Judy Evans, Cardiff, UK mailto:judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html