Basics -Parliamentary/constitutional monarchy-Federal-Responsible (executive part of legislation)-Written AND unwritten constitution -Presidential/congressional-Republic-Federal-Separation of powers with checks and balances. -Written constitution
Elections/10 & /10 -Divided into 301 electoral constituencies.-Reflects the democratic principle of representation by population.-Members of various political parties gather and choose a candidate to represent them in the election.-Candidate with the most votes is elected to represent the constituency in legislature.-Party with the most candidates elected forms the legislative government; the leader of that party becomes Prime Minister.-Minority government (number elected is less than 50%) requires support from elected numbers of a different political party to remain in power.-Party with the second most votes forms the Official Opposition; the leader becomes Leader of the Opposition.-Opposition is responsible in monitoring activities of government insuring against the misuse or abuse of government powers.-Elections are held at least once every five years with variable terms (can change from election to election.-Prime minister has the authority to call elections
sooner than five years, usually when he/she senses that there will be an electoral victory. -To be successful a candidate must run in four elections-Campaigning starts approximately two years before the actual elections-Primaries (first elections) choose delegates to go to the national convention of either Democratic or Republican parties.-Delegates are most likely loyal in supporting specific candidates for the party's nomination. -No more than the registered members of the party may vote in primaries.-Running in primaries is optional but usually will cause a candidates campaign to come to a standstill if a candidate loses or doesn't participate. -The few states that don't hold primaries hold caucuses (state party meetings) to choose delegates. -After all delegates are chosen A convention is held; where a party chooses its presidential candidate by an open election.-A general election is held on "the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November," when all eligible adults may vote.-This vote determines the "electors," who are the people appointed by two parties to vote for their candidate in the fourth and final election. The amount of electors is equal to the amount of members of Congress a state has.-On the first Monday following the second Wednesday in December Electors meet in their particular states and choose a president.-If the majority of the states votes are in favor of one candidate that the entire state's electoral votes go to that candidate.-Votes are counted in early January.-Elections held with set terms every 2-6 years. And each president may only hold office twice (reelected once).
Legislative branch/15 & /15 -Made up of the House of Commons and the Senate. Who share legislative power, even though more significant aspects of this power are exercised by the cabinet (House of Commons) -Role is to make laws-Proposed legislation must be passed by both the House of Commons and the Senate-Initiates all legislation except "mo
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