They do, Hancle, and I'm not convinced it is the best way to vote anywhere. I much prefer voting for the person I feel is best for the job (even when their beliefs differ from mine) and not the person my "party" recommends. The vote of no confidence does make it a little more palatable. The fact that the losing party/individual has some powerful seats in Parliament also helps to my mind.

It truly does bother me that people will blindly vote for someone no matter what their qualifications so long as they toe the party line and have the right rhetoric. That's no way to select the leader of the most powerful nation in the world. To refuse to vote for someone because they don't follow your beliefs makes little sense to me. Some of our greatest leaders vetoed bills that truly held to their personal beliefs but were bills that would have harmed this nation. They worked hard to enact legislation that went against their religious beliefs for the simple reason that it was the best law for this country. Sorry, I just don't "get" toeing the party line thing.