America's Government is a Republic, or Representative Democracy. It is a deliberative, inefficient form of government, and built to stay that way. It is primarily made up of two political parties, the Democrats and the Republicans. Other third parties are represented but play a minor role in American Politics. Some of the third parties are the Libertarian Party, the Progressive Party, and the Green Party.
America's Government is comprised of three branches: the Executive Branch, the Legislative Branch, and the Judicial Branch. The Executive Branch consists of the President, the Cabinet, and the rest of the administration. The Judicial Branch consists of the circuit courts, the appeals courts and the Supreme Court. The Legislative Branch consists of the House of Representatives and the Senate. This form of government has a system of Checks and Balances, whereby the power is balanced between the three branches and there are systems in place for each branch to investigate the others.
Every two years there are national elections in America. Congressmen must run for election every two years, the President must run for reelection every four years and the Senators must run for reelection every six years. The President is limited to two terms in office. Congressment and Senators are elected through a direct election whereby the winner is the one who gets the majority of votes. The President is elected through the Electoral College, whereby states cast their electoral votes for a candidate based on the popular vote of that state in the presidential election.
