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Politics of Australia and the US compared

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==President and Prime Minister==
In the United States the President is elected directly by the people and . A system of Electoral College while primaries Colleges and primary ballots determine who the candidate will be the candidate from each of the two major parties. The president can be from any party or even an independent so long as they get he or she wins enough votes, while in . In Australia , the Prime Minister is the leader of either the [[Liberal Party of Australia]] or party which forms the [[Australian Labor Party]] and isn’t directly elected by the people ‘‘‘per se’’’ instead whichever government. This is either that party holds which wins more than fifty percent of the majority seats in the House of Representatives, then that parties’ leader becomes or the Prime Minister dominant party in a coalition of Australiaparties which jointly have won more than fifty percent of the seats. Restricted by In recent parliaments the constitution, Prime Minister has been from either the President of Liberal or Labor parties. The United States cannot serve more than 2 constitution restricts the Presidency to a maximum of two terms or 8 eight years, while Australia imposes in office. There is no term limits and there have been 2 such restriction on the Australian Prime Ministers who have served over 11 yearsMinistership.
==Voting==
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