ContrastsbetweentheAmericanandBritishPoliticalSystemsSimilaritiesThefirstwesterncapitalistpoliticalsystemscreatedbyBritisharepraisedasthesourceandmodelofthewesternpoliticalsystem.OnthebasisofabsorbinganddrawinglessonsfromBritain,U.S.A.hasformedthemostperfectpoliticalsysteminthecontemporarycapitalistcountries.SotherearemanysimilaritiesbetweentheAmericanandBritishpoliticalsystems.1.HeadofStateBoththeU.S.andBritishpoliticalsystemshaveaheadofstate.ThepresidentistheofficialheadofstateintheUS.ThepresidentisindirectlyelectedbythepeoplethroughtheElectoralCollegetoafour-yearterm.IntheU.K.,thequeenorkingistheofficialheadofstate.Butthequeenorkingisonlyafigureheadwithoutrealauthority.However,theprimeministerusuallyhasthespotlightonpoliticalmattersandistheofficialheadofgovernment2.TheUpperHouseBoththeU.S.andBritishpoliticalsystemshaveanupperhouse.TheUnitedStateshasaSenateastheupperhouseofthelegislativebranchandtheU.K.hastheHouseofLords.TheUnitedStatesSenateistheupperhouseofthebicamerallegislatureoftheUnitedStates,andtogetherwiththeUnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativescomprisestheUnitedStatesCongress.EachU.S.stateisrepresentedbytwosenators,regardlessofpopulation.Senatorsservestaggeredsix-yearterms.TheHouseofLordsistheupperhouseoftheParliamentoftheUnitedKingdom.LiketheHouseofCommons,itmeetsinthePalaceofWestminster.TheHouseofLordsisthesecondchamberofParliament.Itisindependentfrom,andcomplementstheworkof,theHouseofCommons–theyshareresponsibilityformakinglawsandcheckinggovernmentaction.3.TheLowerHouseBoththeU.S.andBritishpoliticalsystemshavealowerhouse.TheU.S.HouseofRepresentativesandtheBritishHouseofCommonshaveagreatdealincommon.Eachhouseismadeupofrepresentativeselectedbythepeople.Inbothsystemscontrolofthelowerhousegoestothepartythathasthemostseats.TheUnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativesisoneofthetwoHousesoftheUnitedStatesCongress,thebicamerallegislaturewhichalsoincludestheSenate.Thenumberofdistrictsinastateisdeterminedbyacountofthepopulationtakenevery10years.TheHouseofCommonscomprisestheSovereignandtheHouseofLords(theupperhouse).TheCommonsisademocraticallyelectedbody,consistingof650members(since2010GeneralElection),whoareknownasMembersofParliament(MPs).Membersareelectedthroughthefirst-past-the-postsystembyelectoraldistrictsknownasconstituencies.TheyholdtheirseatsuntilParliamentisdissolved(amaximumoffiveyearsaftertheprecedingelection).Differences1.FormofgovernmentTheUSAisarepublic,whiletheUKisaconstitutionalmonarchy.Constitutionalmonarchyisaformofgovernmentinwhichamonarchactsasheadofstatewithintheparametersofaconstitution,whetheritbeawritten,uncodifiedorblendedconstitution.Arepublicisaformofgovernmentinwhichthepeople,orsomesignificantportionofthem,havesupremecontroloverthegovernmentandwhereofficesofstateareelectedorchosenbyelectedpeople.Inmoderntimes,acommonsimplifieddefinitionofarepublicisagovernmentwheretheheadofstateisnotamonarch.2.GovernmentThegovernmentconsistingofthreeparts，orbranches，theexecutive，thelegislativeandthejudicialinUSA.Eachbranchhaspowersthattheothersdonothaveandeachbranchhasawayofcounteractingandlimitinganywrongfulactionbyanotherbranch.Thepresidenthasthepowertomaketreatieswithothernationsandtomakeallappointmentstofederalpositions，includingthepositionofSupremeCountjustice.TheSenate，howevermustapprovealltreatiesandconfirmallappointmentsbeforetheybecomeofficial.Inthiswa...