What is America's Politics ?

Answer 1

Technically the Federal Government of the United States is a Representative Republic where the representative body is directly voted upon by the people as represented by both population (House of Representatives) and Geography (the Senate). The President is indirectly elected by the governed through district representation via an electoral college.

Answer 2

Politics of the United States of America takes place in a framework of a presidential republic, whereby the President of the United States is both head of state and head of government, and of a two-party legislative and electoral system. The national government shares sovereignty with the 50 states governments, with the Supreme Court balancing the rights of each.

Executive power is exercised by the executive branch, which is headed by the President and independent of the legislature. Legislative power is vested in the two chambers of Congress, the Senate and the House of Representatives. Judicial power is excercised by the judicial branch (or judiciary), comprised of the Supreme Court of the United States and lower federal courts. The function of the judiciary is to interpret the United States Constitution as well as the federal laws and regulations. This includes resolving disputes between the executive and legislative branches. The federal government of the United States was established by the United States Constitution. American politics has been dominated by two major parties, the Democratic Party and the Republican Party, ever since the American Civil War, though there have also always existed other minor parties of marginal political significance.

Major differences between the political system of the United States and that of most other developed democracies are the power of the U.S. Senate as the upper house of the legislature, the wide scope of power of the U.S. Supreme Court, the separation of power between the legislature and the executive government, and the dominance of the two main parties - the United States being the only developed democracy without a major third party.

Answer 3

Bah, I resent that. The politics in Finland are orderly, though perhaps the political parties take a too wide base for their policies, people have difficulties understanding what really the differences between the parties are... Everyone seems to want the same things.

Answer 4

-A mess! Of course, EVERY country's politics are a mess because -people- are a mess. A more specific question will probably get a more informative answer, BTW.