1. Democratic Governments There are two major kinds of representative democratic governments: Parliamentary Presidential Parliamentary vs. Presidential

2. Parliamentary Democracy Voters elect members to the Parliament (legislature) Parliament has two Houses: House of Commons and House of Lords

3. Parliamentary Democracy House of Commons: The Political Party with the most votes in the House of Commons chooses the Prime Minister, the government’s leader with no set length of term.

4. Parliamentary Democracy House of Lords: Little power with most members being nobles having inherited their titles

5. The United Kingdom is a parliamentary democracy that has a constitutional monarch. Kings, queens or emperors share power with elected legislatures. Generally the kings are nothing more than figureheads (ceremonial) Queen Elizabeth IIQueen Elizabeth II The government is a democratic one that limits the monarchs power. Example: Great Britain

6. Let’s See them in Action Parliament in Action

7. Presidential Democracy Now let’s look at what a PRESIDENTIAL democracy looks like…….

8. Presidential Democracy Voters elect representatives to represent them Voters elect the president. Therefore, in the presidential system, people have a more direct say about those who serve in two branches of the government : Legislative Executive