2007-08-18 12:35:33 · 12 answers · asked by curiousrabbit 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
Sorry for not making this clearer, I thought this was labelled as a UK website.
I had meant in UK elections, which are held on Thursdays.
There's no need for people to be rude.
2007-08-19 01:41:45 · update #1
Traditionally, men were paid on a Friday. By Thursday it was thought they wouldn't have any money left to spend in the pub and were more likely to be sober! I don't believe general elections must be a Thursday though, and I think there have been exceptions.
2007-08-18 12:45:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
My understanding is that it is not a legal requirement in the United Kingdom but (like so many other aspects of UK government) it is a tradition. I do not have any sources as to why the tradition is Thursday. Though aside from the other theories noted above, a Thursday election does give the Prime Minister-elect a full weekend to get the Cabinet and Ministers in place and ready to go at the start of the next week.
2007-08-18 15:01:12 · answer #2 · answered by Tmess2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a couple of people have already said, in the UK it is tradition due to the view that people had nothing much else to do on a Thursday - as they didn't get paid until Friday.
In my area they had a by-election on a Wednesday a few years ago, which confused loads of people, who turned up to vote on the day after the election!!
2007-08-19 05:15:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thursday in UK I do not know
Perhaps for a new government
Friday get drunk again
Saturday have a hangover
Sunday try to remember what happend on Saturday
Monday, "Oh me Gawd what he hell did we promise day"
Perhaps Us just needs a little longer
2007-08-20 03:25:13 · answer #4 · answered by Scouse 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They do not have to be - it is just a convention. One theory about its origins is that people were not paid until Fridays and so holding polls on Thursdays ensured they were not too drunk to vote. The Electoral Commission has recommended trials of weekend voting as a way of improving turnout.
2007-08-21 08:21:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If next year's turns out as I fear it will, I'll need the weekend to go on a bender before I face the awful truth. Thursday's pretty near the weekend.
2007-08-18 12:48:57 · answer #6 · answered by felines 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In what country?
In the US, they are held on a Tuesday, because that is the date fixed by federal statute for when they get held.
2007-08-18 12:39:22 · answer #7 · answered by coragryph 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First Tuesday after the first Monday in November is what I was told.
2007-08-18 12:43:46 · answer #8 · answered by 8of2kinds 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So that the new parliament, will have their first afternoon at work and then get the weekend off. Lazy blighters.
2007-08-18 12:46:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's either i assume u spelt tuesday wrong or i assume you dont know which date general elections are really held, either way, you lose.
P.S- Please dont vote, i dont beleive in the ignorant having the power to choose our next president?
2007-08-18 12:47:57 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋