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  1. The 2016 election was the fifth and most recent presidential election in which the winning candidate lost the popular vote. [2] [23] Six states plus a portion of Maine that Obama won in 2012 switched to Trump (Electoral College votes in parentheses): Florida (29), Pennsylvania (20), Ohio (18), Michigan (16), Wisconsin (10), Iowa (6), and Maine ...

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  2. Politics portal. v. t. e. A parliamentary system, or parliamentary democracy, is a system of democratic government where the head of government (who may also be the head of state) derives their democratic legitimacy from their ability to command the support ("confidence") of the legislature, typically a parliament, to which they are accountable.

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  4. It differs from a parliamentary system in that it has an executive president independent from legislature; and from the presidential system in that the cabinet, although named by the president, is responsible to the legislature, which may force the cabinet to resign through a motion of no confidence. Premier-presidential systems

  5. The executive is not accountable in a presidential government. 5. A combination of powers is key to a parliamentary system. The powers are divided in a presidential system. 6. In parliamentary form, ministers are appointed from the executive body. In presidential form, one does not need to be a member. 7.

  6. parliamentary system, democratic form of government in which the party (or a coalition of parties) with the greatest representation in the parliament (legislature) forms the government, its leader becoming prime minister or chancellor. Executive functions are exercised by members of the parliament appointed by the prime minister to the cabinet.

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  7. Nov 5, 2021 · Parliamentary systems are prevalent in western Europe, as well as the former colonies of Great Britain. The Presidential system was first developed by the framers of the United States Constitution in the 1780s. The framers disapproved of the way in which the Prime Minister of Parliamentary systems could accumulate so much power.

  8. Using Witten/Herdecke University professor Nils-Christian Bormann and Penn State University professor Matt Golder ’s classification and supplementing the data with former Dublin City University professor Robert Elgie ’s list of semi-presidential countries, approximately 36 percent of democracies are parliamentary, 25 percent are presidential, and 39 percent are semi-presidential.

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