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Two Democratic Governments
Democratic Governments
There are two major forms of democratic governments:ParliamentaryPresidential
The citizens elect the leaders in democratic government.
Parliamentary Democracy
There are close ties between the executive and legislative branches.
Head of State is pretty much symbolic; this position holds very little power
Executive power is vested in the Parliament
The Prime Minister (chief executive) leads the cabinet and is the head of the government.
United KingdomParliamentary Democracy Voters elect members to ParliamentParliament has 2 Houses:House of Commons: The Political Party
with the most votes in the House of Commons chooses the Prime Minister, the government’s leader with no set term.
House of Lords: Little power with most members being nobles having inherited their titles
Presidential Democracy
Voters elect legislators
Voters elect (indirectly) the president.Therefore, in the presidential system voters
have a more direct say about those who serve in two branches of the government :
LegislativeExecutive
Branches of Government
United States
Representative Democracy – Voters choose their leaders
Federal Republic – Power divided between the national and state governments
The executive power is given to one person, the President.
The President serves as leader of the nation.
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