СИСТЕМА СДЕРЖЕК И ПРОТИВОВЕСОВПервые европейские поселенцы, которые приехали в Америку хотели политическую систему, которая предлагала стабильность, но ограничивала власть отдельных лиц, поэтому они создали демократическую систему.
1. What are the basic principles of a democratic society? The basic principles of a democratic society are: political system that offered stability but limited the power of individuals.
Ten amendments in the Bill of Rights (1791) guaranteed the basic rights of individual Americans. The other sixteen amendments include ones banning slavery (1865) and giving women the right to vote (1920). TEXT 4. POLITICAL PARTIES IN THE USA The two leading national parties are the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. Other smaller parties, such as the Libertarian Party and the Labor Party, do not play a role in national politics. The United States is such a large and diverse country that it is difficult to label American parties as conservative or liberal. A Democrat from Nebraska probably has quite different views from a Democrat in Florida or New York, but on the whole, Democrats are thought of as more progressive than Republicans. The major political parties have less power than in some countries, because many voters will vote for an individual candidate rather than for the party that candidate represents. Elected officials do not have to support their party’s program if they do not agree with it. Presidential candidates are nominated at the Republican and the Democratic conventions. These take place after the candidates have toured the country making speeches and running in primary elections in many states. The results of the primary elections indicate if a candidate has enough support to be the candidate of his or her party.
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