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her ear ei nf actt womaj ordi f
ferencesi nt he
pol i
tical syst em t hatoper atest her e.Thi sdifferencei sal soshar edby
othermaj orcount ries.Whydoest hi shappen?Thi sturnedoutt oi ncl
ude
thei ncr easi ngpoweroft heupperhousei nt heUni tedSt at esi nt he
l
egi slat i
vebr anch.Thi sofcour seaf f
ect sthescopeofpowert hatwi llbe
broadl yhel dandcont roll
edbyt heUni t
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Amer ica, ther ei sasepar ationofpower swher ebet weent hel egi sl
ati
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andexecut ivebr anches, thedomi nat i
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bev erydi fferent .Asal argesuper power ,t
heUni tedSt atesi sanexampl e
ofacount ryt hatr unsanadv anceddemocr acy ,thisofcour sewi l
lhavea
consi der abl ei nfluence, wher et her oleoft het hirdpar tywi l
l hav epol it
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i
nf luenceonot herbi gcount r
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Indeed, itisqui teal ott odiscusshowdi ff
erentt heUni tedSt atesi sin
pol i
tics.Becauset hi scount rydoesi mpl ementademocr aticpol iti
cal
syst em whi chi sf lexi bleenoughbutaccept edbyal li
tspeopl e.The
ov erlapi nt hej ur isdi ctionoft heUni tedSt ateswi llofcour ser eflectthe
histor yoft heUni tedSt atesi tsel fingener al.Basi call
y,thef eder al
gov er nmenti sdel iber atelycreat edbyt hest ates.Wi thsuchasy stem,
sincet hecol oni eswer eest ablishedsepar atelyandhadt hei rown
aut hor i
ty, t
hegov er nmentwhi chgov ernedt hei rrespect ivet er ritori
es
woul dbei ndependentandf reei ndet erminingt heirwi l
l.Int hi sef fort
,
l
ocal gov er nmentuni tsint hest ateswoul dbecr eatedbyt hecol onies.Of
cour se, thesecol oni eswi llcar ryoutt heirassi gnedf unct i
onsandhav e
speci fict asksf ort hest ate.Today ,ast heUni tedSt atesofAmer ica
expands, ofcour set hef eder al gov ernmentwi lltakepar tbysuggest i
ng
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atet
heexi
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stem andi
mpl
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stategover
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