American political system - basics

The United States of America is a representative federal democracy. Federal refers to the fact that the country consists of smaller units, in this case, states, which have a level of independence but are still controlled by the centralized government. The government consists of 3 independent branches: legislative, executive, and judicial which are served by the congress, president, and courts respectively. This is called the tripartite division of power. It is the same scheme that functions in most democracies, including Poland, although the US presidents have more power because they also serve the duties that the prime minister would be responsible for in our system. A Representative democracy is a system in which through elections citizens choose candidates to represent them. A big difference between the US system and most democracies in the world is the fact that the political stage is dominated by 2 parties: the democratic, and the republican parties. There aren't any rules prohibiting the existence of other parties, and they do exist and participate in elections, but their results are poor.

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