Political system
Federal Republic, presidential regime. The president is elected for a four-year term, renewable only once. The U.S Congress is composed of : the House of Representatives (435 members elected for 2 years) and the Senate (100 senators elected for 6 years, with a third reelected every 2 years). They are in both cases elected by universal suffrage. The two main parties are the Democrats and the Republicans. The Federal republic counts 50 states *, plus the district of Columbia, as well as a series of territorial dependences in the Pacific (Guam, Marine islands), the West Indies (Virgin islands) and the commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
Head of state:President George W. Bush, relected on November, 2nd of 2004. He is the 43rd president of the United States, since de 20th of January 2001.
Alphabetic list of American federal states: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Washington D.C., West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming.
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