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The U.S.

Political System

• The United States is a federal republic


• The executive branch is headed by the
President
• Legislative power is vested in the two
chambers of Congress, the Senate and the
House of Representatives.
• U.S. politics are shaped by two major political
parties: Democrats and Republicans.
• Republicanism, along with a form of classical
liberalism, remains the dominant ideology.
• The right of suffrage is nearly universal for
citizens eighteen years of age and older.

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