2. PolandUSA President Barack Obama Elected 4 years Must be born in the U.S., must be a permanent resident of the U.S. for 14 years, must be at least 35 years old, President Bronisław Komorowski Elected 5 years Has to be a polish citizen, must be 35 years old, and must collect at least 100,000 signatures of voters. Comparison of Leader

3. PolandUSA Congress Bicameral 535 Sejm of the republic of Poland and senate bicameral 560 Lawmaking Branch

4. PolandUSA Freedom of speech, freedom of religion, free to petition, freedom to hold assembly's, freedom of the press, right to bear arms. Respect for human and civil rights. Allows ethnic minorities freedom to practice their own beliefs, customs, and language. Individual Rights

5. Poland USA Multi-party Democrat- believe it is the responsibility of government to care for all individuals, even if it means giving up some individual rights and/or subordinating enterprise and initiative. Republican- believe that each person is responsible for his or her own place in society and government shouldn’t try and take care of everyone. Multi-party Civic platform-The Civic Platform combines ordoliberal stances on the economy with social conservative stances on social and ethical issues, including opposition to abortion, same-sex marriage, soft drug decriminalization, and euthanasia. Law and justice- economically populist and socially conservative party with strong nationalist overtones. Political Parties

6. PolandUSA Have to be 18 years old and a citizen of the U.S. Indirect election, direct election Must be 18 years of age and a polish citizen. Direct election Elections & Voting

7. PolandUSA Income tax: yes highly diversified, world leading, high- technology innovator, second largest industrial output in world; petroleum, steel, motor vehicles, aerospace, telecommunications, chemicals, electronics, food processing, consumer goods, lumber, mining Spends more on military then any other country. Income tax: yes machine building, iron and steel, coal mining, chemicals, shipbuilding, food processing, glass, beverages, textiles Spends less on military then the U.S. Taxes & Government Financing

8. PolandUSA 11.88 million total crimes 2.02 million prisoners Death penalty: yes 1.4 million total crimes 80,467 prisoners Death penalty: no Law

9. Current relations between the U.S. and Poland are good. Poland is one of the most stable European allies with the U.S. because they are a part of NATO and the European union. Relations with the U.S.