Political Environment

Running head: POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT 1
Political Environment
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The word has different aspects of politics. There are diverse components that are
involved with every Country around the world that makes it's unique. The word systems are
useful in governing states as per their ability and according to the attitude and ideologies of a
specific state. This essay will discuss and explain the presidential system in the United States of
America (US). The essay elaborates the specific limits which are put on presidential power. In
the essay, there is an explanation of the powers of the prime minister of the United Kingdom
(Britain). Within the essay, there will be a discussion of the checks that are put on the prime
minister of Britain by the Parliamentary system.
The presidential system is a political structure that embraces the head of the government
and the chief executive officer who is the president chosen through a democratic election. The
United state is the most prosperous and powerful country with a stable democracy and uses a
presidential system of government which has made it successful for over 200 years. The
president in the United States (US) holds the office for a fixed term of four years (Wilkins, &
Stark, 2017). The office of the president is the chief executive officer of the United States. The
legislature and the executive in the US government are independent of one another, thus creating
a separation of powers. In this case, the president has no power to remove any of legislatures
from the office unless a vote is conducted under certain conditions. The US presidential system
has a limited number of parties which is a two-party system (Goodnow, 2017).
The electro system comprises of first- past- the post elections and the final elections and
the offices are elected by individuals and not as a party. In a democratic system, people are rules
through their representatives. Democracy is described as the government of the people, by the
people and for the people and all persons are guaranteed equal rights. The major importance of
democracy is that it upholds all the basic human rights for example freedom of liberty or

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expression. In the US the democracy has prioritized on respect of all human rights while
involving the nation’s people (Russett, 2017).
The office of the president of the US is the most powerful elected official in the world,
and he/she is vested with great authority. The original nation’s founders intended to make the
presidency to be a slightly restricted institution. Due to the experiences the nation’s founders
encountered from the colonial governors that the executive power is detrimental to liberty, this
led to distrust of the executive authority. The founders of US also felt betrayed by the King of
Great Britain and Ireland, and thus they considered that a strong incompatible executive with
republican hold that in the declaration of its independence in 1776 (Bakari, 2016).
The constitution of the United States defines the powers, responsibilities, and functions of
the president. The president of the US ensures that laws are executed faithfully through the
cabinet-level department and he/she appoints all the executive cabinet heads and all highly-
ranked officials in the executive branch of the federal government. The appointment of these
executive officials has to be approved by the majority of the Senate. One of the presidential
nominees can be rejected if the majority of the members have strong objections. The presidential
power to make treaties with the foreign countries has to be approved by the Senate through a
two-thirds majority. The president also has the power to reject or approve the bills passed by the
Congress, although the Congress can supersede the president’s veto through summoning the two-
thirds majority considering the measure. The president of the United States who is also the
commander in chief of the country military has limitless power to direct the military movements
of the sea, air-force, and land (Kelso, 2017).
Recently, there were increased bizarre public conduct of current US president, Donald
Trump’s decision making and continued temperament to evolve his policies in favor of advisors