Outline of American politics
Overview of politics in the U.S.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to American politics:
American politics – the politics of the United States.
Features of American politics
Branches of government
- Legislative Branch
- Executive Branch
- Judicial Branch
Levels of government
Elections
- Contested elections in American history
- Electoral College
- First-past-the-post voting
- Gerrymandering
- Nonpartisan blanket primary
- Ranked-choice voting
- Runoff voting
- Suffrage
History of American politics
Party systems
- First Party System
- Second Party System
- Third Party System
- Fourth Party System
- Fifth Party System
- Sixth Party System
Notable events
- Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
- Direct election of Senators
- Watergate scandal
- Republican Revolution of '94
- Impeachment of Bill Clinton
- Impeachment of Donald Trump
- Second impeachment of Donald Trump
General American politics concepts
American politics organizations
Political parties
List of political parties in the United States
The two major national parties are:
- Democratic Party
- Republican Party
Documents central to American politics
- United States Declaration of Independence
- United States Constitution
- The Federalist Papers
- United States Bill of Rights
Positions in American politics
- President of the United States
- Vice President of the United States
- Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
- Chief Justice of the United States
Persons influential in American politics
References
Further reading
- Greenstein, Fred I. et al. Evolution of the modern presidency : a bibliographical survey (1977) bibliography and annotation of 2500 scholarly books and articles. online 4
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