So - I am trying to understand this - instead of candidates, you just have parties for people to vote for?  

For whatever reason, Americans are keen on "voting for the person, not the party."  Plus, people within the same party often disagree with one another.

Those huts are hoot, though.  Between these and Fran's "village squares", well, it is all very quaint, isn't it?

So...  if you live in a modern city, so they still do this?    

I don't think I'd feel very much at home in Sweden.

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.