6th Grade Social Studies



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Presidential Democracy

• Citizens directly vote for their leader (head of gov’t)

• President cannot introduce legislation to Congress (executive & legislative branches are clearly separate)

• President has a lot of power

Parliamentary Democracy

• Citizens indirectly vote for their head of gov’t (they vote for reps. who choose the leader)

• Prime minister is also a member of Parliament (branches are not clearly separate)

• The most common type of constitutional system.

* Citizens vote for representatives.

*Bicameral (2 houses in legislative branch)

* Based on the British parliamentary system.

Presidential

Parliamentary

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