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Federal and state laws regulate elections and the qualifications of
voters. Most states hold primary elections in which party members
nominate candidates for state and local offices. Some states use primary
elections to nominate candidates for Congress. National political
conventions nominate candidates for President and vice-President.
The President is not elected directly by the people. At Presidential
elections voters cast their votes for electors. The electors make up the
Electoral College, which officially elects the President.
Each state has as many electors as the total of its senators and
representatives in Congress. The District of Columbia has three electors.
The candidate who receives the highest number of a state's popular votes
usually receives all that state's electoral votes. A candidate for President
must receive a majority of the electoral votes to become President:
however, a candidate may be elected President without having received a
majority of the popular vote.

1. How does the United States government differ from most other
national governments?
2. What are the three branches of the United States government?
3. What are two exclusive powers of the House of Representatives?
4. Who enforces the laws that Congress passes?
5. What body interprets the laws if the necessity arises?
6. How many levels of government operation are there in the USA?
7. What powers does the federal government exercise?
8. What are the powers of states?
9. What bodies exercise concurrent powers?
10. What are the duties of the President?
11. Where are federal laws made, repealed and amended?
12. How many members are there in the Senate and the House of
representatives?
13. How are the justices of the Supreme Court appointed?
14. What other courts besides the Supreme Court are there in the US
judicial branch?
15. How would you characterize the US party system?
16. How often are national elections held?

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