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TheadvantagesanddisadvantagesofAmericanpoliticalsystem•I.MaincharacteristicofAmericanpoliticalsystem•II.Theadvantages•III.Thedisadvantages•IV.ReflectionI.MaincharacteristicofAmericanpoliticalsystem:checksandbalancesII.Theadvantages1.Federalsystem2.Separationofpowers3.Two-partysystem1.FederalsystemThedivisionofthepowersbetweenfederalgovernmentandstategovernmentsAdvantages:·tobeapowerfulandunifiednation.·tomaintaintheflexibilityandcreativityofstates.2.Separationofpowers:checksandbalancesThreebranches:legislative,executiveandjudicial.Advantages:•Eachbranchhaspowersthattheothersdonothave.•Eachbranchhasawayofcounteractingandlimitinganywrongfulactionbyanotherbranch.•Thus,preventfromcreatingatyranny.•TheConstitutionspecifiedwhatpowerthecentralgovernmenthad,andwhichpowerwasreservedforthestates.•Sothenewcentralgovernmentcannotjustruntheirownaffairs.3.Two-partysystem•Tohaveamorestablepoliticalsituationthanmulti-partysystem•Duringthecampaign,thecompetitionbetweentwopartiespopularizesthevotingrights,it’smoredemocraticthanone-partysystem•Checksandbalances,lesscorruptionIII.DisadvantagesHowever,thereisnothingperfectintheworld.TherearesomedisadvantagesintheUSA’spoliticalsystem.Itmainlyreflectsintwoparts,theelectoralsystemandtheUSA’shegemonyandpowerpolitics.•Firstofall,electoralelectionistoolongandtiresome.Frombeginningtotheendoftheelection,itcostalmostayear.Asifitisamarathon.Everyfouryears，solongandfrequent,Italmostrepeatsthesameprocessandcontentofthecourse,whichmakepeoplefeelbored.•Furthermore,somepeoplesaytheelectionisjustagameoftherichandthereisnothingtodowiththepoor.Inotherwords,whocontrolsthemoney,whomastersthegovernment.Forinstance,inthepresidentialelectionObamaspentatotalof740.6milliondollars.Infact,reflectingthefreeelectionofbourgeoisdemocracy,merelyisdominatedbymoneyofthecampaign.•Lastbutnotleast,thetwopartiescarryoutmonopolypolitics.Manyinterestgroupsdonothavetheirownpoliticalrepresentatives.IV.Reflection•Thegreatweaknessofthesystemisthatitmakesgovernmentslow,complicatedandlegalisticwhichisaparticulardisadvantageinaworldinwhichpoliticalandeconomicdevelopmentsarefast-moving.Thinkyouforlistening