WI more Semi-presidential nations?

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More?? There are a lot of nations with both already. (in some the president is just a figurhead though; like Germany and Israel). Semi- presidentialism doesn't just mean there are both a Prime Minister and a President, it also mean the president must have political power in his office. Germany, Austria and Israel could not be considered semi- presidential even though they have both a Prime Minister/ Chancellor and a President. Russia, France and Finland and most East European nations are good examples of semi- presidential nations.
 
More?? There are a lot of nations with both already. (in some the president is just a figurhead though; like Germany and Israel). Semi- presidentialism doesn't just mean there are both a Prime Minister and a President, it also mean the president must have political power in his office. Germany, Austria and Israel could not be considered semi- presidential even though they have both a Prime Minister/ Chancellor and a President. Russia, France and Finland and most East European nations are good examples of semi- presidential nations.
Yes, okay, so what if there where more?
 
You mean if the USA was? Because that's the only parliamentary country lacking a prime minister I can remember now.

The presidential system is pretty popular in Latin America, Africa and the former Soviet Union.

I honestly can't think of an answer to the original question. The differences are too subtle to understand the consequences. A better question would be: How could there be more semi-presidential nations?
 
The presidential system is pretty popular in Latin America, Africa and the former Soviet Union.

I honestly can't think of an answer to the original question. The differences are too subtle to understand the consequences. A better question would be: How could there be more semi-presidential nations?

Yeah, I suspected Latin America was but I wasn't sure at all.

I very symple way to have a semi-presidential regime is to have it be a monarchy first and then have the monarchy abolished with the president taking the virtual place of the monarch. So maybe more and longer lasting American empires? No Alexander III's assassination leads to parliamentary monarchy in Russia, then a republic is proclaimed after the WW1 analogue instead of a communist state?
 
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