Democratic Governments

There are two major kinds of representative democratic governments:ParliamentaryPresidential

Parliamentary vs. Presidential

Parliamentary Democracy

Voters elect members to the Parliament (legislature)

Parliament has two Houses: House of Commons and House of Lords

Parliamentary Democracy

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 length of term.

Parliamentary Democracy

House of Lords: Little power with most members being nobles having inherited their titles

The United Kingdom is a parliamentary democracy that has a constitutional monarch.

Kings, queens or emperors share power with elected legislatures.

Generally the kings are nothing more than figureheads (ceremonial) Queen Elizabeth II

The government is a democratic one that limits the monarchs power.

Example: Great Britain

Let’s See them in Action

Parliament in Action

Presidential Democracy

Now let’s look at what a PRESIDENTIAL democracy looks like…….

Presidential Democracy

Voters elect representatives to represent them

Voters elect the president.Therefore, in the presidential system,

people have a more direct say about those who serve in two branches of the government :

LegislativeExecutive