The Government and Politics of the United States

1. By: Benedict Gombocz

2.  Government: Federal
presidential constitutional
republic and Representative
two-party democracy
 President: Barack Obama
(Democratic)
 Vice President: Joe Biden
(Democratic)
 Speaker of the House: John
Boehner (Republican)
 Chief Justice: John Roberts

3.  Democratic Party
 Republican Party

4.  1852: Democrats
 1856: Democrats
 1860: Republicans
 1864: Republicans
 1868: Republicans
 1872: Republicans
 1876: Republicans
 1880: Republicans
 1884: Republicans
 1888: Republicans
 1892: Republicans
 1896: Republicans
 1900: Republicans
 1904: Republicans

5.  1908: Republicans
 1912: Democrats
 1916: Democrats
 1920: Republicans
 1924: Republicans
 1928: Republicans
 1932: Democrats
 1936: Democrats
 1940: Democrats
 1944: Democrats
 1948: Democrats
 1952: Republicans
 1956: Republicans
 1960: Democrats
 1964: Democrats

6.  1968: Republicans
 1972: Republicans
 1976: Democrats
 1980: Republicans
 1984: Republicans
 1988: Republicans
 1992: Democrats
 1996: Democrats
 2000: Republicans
 2004: Republicans
 2008: Democrats

7.  Constitution Party
 Green Party
 Libertarian Party

8.  Founded in 1828 (modern) and
1792 (historical)
 One of the two major political
parties in the United
States, together with the
Republican Party
 Its social liberal and progressive
platform is largely regarded to be
center-left in the U.S. political
spectrum
 Has the longest record of
continued operation in the United
States and is one of the oldest
political parties in the world
 Currently has a minority of seats
in the House of
Representatives, but a majority of
seats in the Senate

9.  Founded in 1854 as the successor
of the Whig Party
 Often referred to as the GOP
(Grand Old Party), although rival
Democratic Party is older
 One of the two major political
parties in the United States,
together with the Democratic
Party
 Its platform typically reflects
American conservatism in the U.S.
political spectrum and is regarded
to be center-right
 Currently has a majority of seats
in the House of Representatives
and minority of seats in the
Senate

10.  Founded in 1991 as U.S.
Taxpayers’ Party and 1999 as
Constitution Party
 Paleoconservative party
 Its goal as stated in its own words
is “to restore our government to
its Constitutional limits and our
law to its Biblical foundations.”
 Puts a large focus on immigration
and calls for stricter penalties
towards illegal immigrants
 Absorbed the American
Independent Party, originally
founded for Alabama Governor
George Wallace’s 1968
presidential campaign

11.  Founded in 1991
 Voluntary association of
state green parties
 Established a national
political presence with its
founding
 Became the primary
national Green
organization in the U.S.
and eclipsed the earlier
Greens/Green Party USA
 Has won elected office at
the local level

12.  Founded on 11 December 1971
 Third largest and fastest
growing party
 Its political platform evidences
its brand of libertarianism and
favors minimally
regulated, laissez-faire
markets, strong civil
liberties, minimally regulated
migration across borders, and
non-intervention in foreign
policy
 Hundreds of their candidates
have been elected or appointed
to public office; thousands have
run for office under the
Libertarian banner

13.  U.S. Representative for Florida’s
20th congressional district since
2005 and member of the
Democratic Party and
Chairwoman of the Democratic
National Committee
 Born on 27 September 1966 in
Forest Hills, New York
 Previously served in both the
Florida House of Representatives
and the Florida Senate
 Is the first Jewish congresswoman
to be elected from Florida

14.  Chairman of the Republican
National Committee
 Born on 18 March 1972 in
Kenosha, Wisconsin
 Also a previous chair of the
Republican Party of
Wisconsin
 Is of Greek and German
descent, the son of Dimitria
and and Roula Priebus

15.  Current chairman of the
Constitution Party
 Born on 4 May 1948
 Grew up in
Lancaster, Pennsylvania and
received a law degree
 Admitted into the Pennsylvania
Bar Association in May 1978
 Appointed Chairman of the Bob
Smith for Senate Committee
 Joined the Libertarian Party in
1992 and ran as their candidate
for Pennsylvania Auditor
General

16.  National Chairman of the
Libertarian Party
 Born on 28 January 1951
 Elected by the delegates of the
2010 Libertarian National
Convention in St. Louis,
Missouri, on 30 May 2010
 Ran for the 15th District
California State Senate seat
that left vacant when
Republican Abel Maldonado was
named Lieutenant Governor
 Lost to Sam Blakeslee in a
special election held on 17
August 2010

18.  Barack Obama (Democratic): 52.92%
 John McCain (Republican): 45.66%
 Ralph Nader (Independent): 0.56%
 Bob Barr (Libertarian): 0.40%
 Chuck Baldwin (Constitution): 0.15%
 Cynthia McKinney (Green): 0.12%
 Other: 0.18%

20.  Barack Obama and Joe Biden (Democratic): 65,899,660
(51.0%)
 Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan (Republican): 60,932,152
(47.2%)