美国的“政治体系”是怎样的？

If you are planning to go to the U.S. for college, it is a goo iea to explore the country’s political system, a system eeply roote in the country’s culture an history, even if at a founational level. Even though the U.S.’s emocracy is the secon largest emocracy in the worl (after Inia’s), the country’s emocracy is unlike many emocracies in the worl. Lastly, the U.S. is efine as a feeral constitutional republic or a system in which states are able to form the government where no single person ictates, but rather the people or an electe official’(s) hol power.

如果你打算去美国上大学，那么了解这个国家的政治体制是个好主意。美国的政治体制深深扎根于这个国家的文化和历史的方方面面。尽管美国是全球第二大民主国家（仅次于印度），但该国的民主制度却不同于世界上的民主国家。最后，作为一个联邦***制共和国，在这种制度下，美国各州能够在没有单一独裁者的意志下组成***，并由人民或民选官员掌握权力。

Constitution an Central Documents

To unerstan the most basic elements of the U.S.’s political system, you have to unerstan the importance of the U.S. Constitution an other central ocuments such as the Bill of Rights an Declaration of Inepenence an their role in shaping the U.S.’s political system toay. First introuce in 1787, the U.S. Constitution is often allue to being the Law of the Lan; an no one incluing the Presient is above the law. At first glance, the Constitution reas, “We the people..” representing that the government works for the people not the other way aroun. Furthermore, the first three articles of the constitution express the roles of three ifferent groups of branches, as a way to ensure that power be separate amongst the feeral government. Ensuring that power oes not reach the sole hans of a group or iniviual is efine by the system of checks an balances.

宪法和中央文件

要理解美国政治制度的最基本要素，你就必须了解美国宪法和其他核心文件的重要性，如《权利法案》（参见Bravo！1964民权法案今日签订！附链接）和《独立宣言》（参见这份文件创造了一个国家 附链接），以及它们在塑造当今美国政治制度中的作用。美国宪法于1787年首次提出，当然也常会和《土地法》混为一谈。其主旨包括总统在内的任何人都不能凌驾于法律之上。，宪法上写着，“我们代表人民”，表示***为人民而工作，而不是反过来。《宪法》的前三条表达了三组不同部门的作用，以此确保权力在联邦***之间分开。确保权力不落入一个团体或个人的手中是由制衡制度确定的。

3 Branches

As state above, the three branches all play ifferent roles in the government an consist of the executive, juicial, an legislative branch.

● Executive: The Executive branch is most well known as the branch that “executes the law” (hence the name) which is lea by the presient. Uner this branch, the presient has many uties incluing the following; sign new laws, veto laws, an comman arme forces.

● Legislative:The most basic function of the Legislative branch is to make the laws lea by Congress. Congress is split into two boies: the House of Representatives an the Senate. Each state elects two Senate members, to a total of 100 Senators. While on the other han, the House of Representatives are electe base on population of a istrict, therefore there may be more Representatives from one state compare to another. Currently, 435 representatives resie in the House.

● Juicial: Lea by the Supreme Court an lower courts, the Juicial branch (or also referre to as the Juiciary) interprets the Constitution an evaluates laws. The Supreme Court inclues nine members, all of who are appointe by the presient.