Quotation

Power of India's prime minister + president = Power of USA's president

Basics

Federation

Election

Campaigning

Election Day

Centre

  1. Legislature
    This is called Congress. It has two houses.
    1. House of Representatives (HoR) (kind of Loksabha)
      • Term: 2 years
      • Members: 435
      • Seats per state: according to population
    2. Senate (kind of Rajyasabha)
      • Term: 6 years
        • Every two years, 1/3rd of the total members, i.e., 33, retire.
      • Members: 100
      • Seats per state: 2
  2. Executive
    1. President
      • Every four years, an election
    2. Vice President (VP)
      • Every four years, an election
  3. Judiciary -> Selection, No election

States

  1. Legislature
    • Nebraska has one house. Otherwise, the rest all have two houses.
  2. Executive
    1. Governor like Arnold Schwarzenegger or Bobby Jindal.
      • Most U.S. states have governors serving four-year terms, except New Hampshire and Vermont, where governors serve two-year terms.
    2. Lieutenant Governor -> 5 states do not have LG
  3. Judiciary -> Selection, No election

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ng5Qg3XDnFs

Electoral College

Winner takes all (WTA)

Counting

Contingent Election

This entire process happens on 6th January.

President
Vice President

Inauguration day

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ng5Qg3XDnFs

Also Read

Thoughts 🤔 by Soumendra Kumar Sahoo is licensed under CC BY 4.0