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Democratic Governments
There are two major kinds of representative democratic governments:ParliamentaryPresidential
Parliamentary vs. Presidential
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Parliamentary Democracy
Voters elect members to the Parliament (legislature)
Parliament has two Houses: House of Commons and House of Lords
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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.
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Parliamentary Democracy
House of Lords: Little power with most members being nobles having inherited their titles
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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
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Presidential Democracy
Now let’s look at what a PRESIDENTIAL democracy looks like…….
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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 :
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