Politics of the United States of America: An Analysis of the Presidential Power

This report provides an overview of the political system of the United States of America, including the state and local governments, the President's powers, and the two major political parties. It also analyses Barack Obama's statement on the power of the presidency and the challenges he faced during his tenure. The report concludes that the country has a strong political power and the President bears huge responsibilities as a leader of a democratic country.

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Executive Summary:
America is a developing country and it has a strong economic and political condition. Hence, it is
very important to know about the political conditions of this country. The President of America
faces huge responsibilities and power, as well. In this context, the report will analyse the
statement of Barack Obama regarding the power of presidency.

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Table of Contents
Introduction:....................................................................................................................................3
American political system:..............................................................................................................3
Different features of political system of America:......................................................................4
State government of America:.....................................................................................................4
Local Government of America:...................................................................................................4
President of America:..................................................................................................................5
Barack Obama’s statement:.............................................................................................................5
Conclusion:......................................................................................................................................6
References:......................................................................................................................................7

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Introduction:
Political system is very important for a country to operate the country in an efficient way.
Political system with good points of view can help a country to develop further economically,
politically and socially. According to the magnitude of electorate, U.S stands second largest
democratic country, all over the world (McKay 2017). America has a strong political system and
being a developed country, this is very important for everyone to know about this system. In this
report, the political system of America will be discussed. Moreover, the report will discuss about
Barack Obama’s statement related to power of the U.S presidency.
American political system:
According the constitution of the United States, the country follows a federal republic. In
federal republic, president, federal courts and congress share powers the national government.
The federal government maintains sovereignty with its state governments. The President of
America leads the executive branch. This branch is independent of both the judiciary and
legislature. The President gets a set of advisers from the cabinet. This cabinet included the Vice
President and other heads of the executive departments. Legislative power is conferred in the two
chambers of Congress. These are the House of Representatives and the Senate (Wilson, DiIulio
Jr, Bose and Levendusky 2018 ). The two chief political parties of America are the Democratic
Party and the Republic Party. However, there are also some other small political parties that exist
in this country. Those parties are the Green Party, the Constitution Party and the Libertarian
Party.

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Different features of political system of America:
The political system of America has some differences from other developed democratic
countries. In America, the upper house of the legislature enjoys more political power compare to
other countries. On the other side, the Supreme Court possesses a wider scope of power.
Moreover, the legislature, the executive, and the two political dominating parities can separate
the powers of politics. Other political parties enjoy less political influence compare to other
developed countries (Nugent 2017). This happens because the country has tough controls on its
political system. Those controls have different forms. These are federal and state laws, winner-
take-all elections and informal media prohibitions and so on.
State government of America:
The State government of this country is a unit and operates its function under then federal
government. The state government of each state has access fiscal, executive and legislative
authority within their limited geographical area. The elected governor is the chief executive of a
state. The governor possesses this power for four years (Hershey 2017). Each state has a
bicameral legislature. This has a upper house, that is, the Senate and a lower house, that is, the
House of Representatives.
Local Government of America:
The country has 89,500 local governments with huge numbers of counties,
municipalities, townships and school districts. Local governments serve everything to its local
citizens (Hershey 2017). These include protections related to fire and police, education, health,
housing and public transportation.

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President of America:
The President of America is the head of both government and state. The President is also
the chief diplomat and the military commander-in-chief. The country citizens of this country
cannot choose their president directly by voting system. Rather, the Electoral College chooses
the President. This college represents every state and has a combination of members in the
Senate and the members in the House of Representatives from all states (Moffitt 2017). The
President has powers to control the national affairs and the activities of the federal government.
Moreover, he or she can issue executive orders that can further influence internal policies of the
country. On the other hand, the President has the power to appoint Cabinet members, federal
judges and Supreme Court justices.
Barack Obama’s statement:
The 44th President of America has some statements about the power of the presidency of
the U.S.A. he served as the President from 2009 to 2017. He took this responsibility from a
positive point of view. He though that the unity among the citizens of America is the chief reason
behind the development of the nation. However, according to him, democracy can be existed in
the country further if some changes will occur within the country. He tried to point out about the
equality and unalienable rights. For making the country stronger and democrat, it is very
important for every citizen to speak about their conditions (Matvienko and Gavrylenko 2018). As
the President bears huge responsibly of as developed country, Barack Obama stated that it is very
difficult to handle the overall situation. According to him, a small decision can affect negatively
on the whole country’s economy, politics and society. Moreover, this brings huge chance for the
president to lose his position in future. According to him, the country can improve its condition
under a good leadership. This leadership can be obtained from an efficient president. Moreover,

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to improve the political conditions of the country, the President should be very optimistic.
During his presidential period, Barack Obama faced various problem related to international
affairs (Pan and Turner 2017). Hence, according to him, those situations should be controlled
carefully without hampering the international relation with other countries. The President also
suggests for giving importance on some important issues related to global warming and
terrorisms (Cole and Harper 2017). According to him, terrorisms are a growing political problem
that U.S is facing. Hence, it is very important to control this efficiently. There are also some
other problems related to modern society. Those problems should be handled carefully. Hence,
the President of the country bears great power to control the whole country. According to him,
this power is increasing every day. However, this should be done carefully.
Conclusion:
After discussing the whole topics, it can be concluded that the country has a strong
political power and this can help the country to develop further. Moreover, this political system
of the country differs from other countries in some cases. The President of U.S faces huge
responsibilities, as it is a democratic country. Barack Obama also stated about the presidency
power of the country. He faced huge challenges and borne huge responsibilities at the time of his
duty. He also faced various challenges during his presidential period.

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