US Government

The second difference is the president cannot choose his cabinet members from the congress to hold positions in the executive branch, while the prime minister can choose his cabinet ministers from the parliament. The third difference is the prime minister’s party always has a majority in parliament, but the president usually has to work with the legislature controlled by the opposite party.

Party unity in the executive and the legislative often does not mean that the government is truly unified; rather unity comes when both the branches are controlled by members who have similar ideological thinking. Often unified governments do not work because legislators and presidents have different views on matters despite the fact they are from the same party. Democrats are themselves divided between conservatives and the more liberal ones from north. The Constitution ensures that the president and Congress will be rivals for power and thus rivals in policy-making.

Gridlock is because the people like the power of the branches of the government being able to check each other so that no single entity or group can gain upper hand or advantage over others in the political arena. Gridlock also helps make sure that not just tone idea is always the winner, rather it helps compromises to occur and the public really gets what they want through addressing and compromising and mixing everyone’s ideas.

Representative democracy does not have a single powerful leader, has numerous delays because of partisan bickering, requires many coalitions to support policies and always has compromises on everything. Now when this is practiced with an independent legislature and an independent executive both struggling for power, gridlock is the result. On the other hand, direct democracy dictates that the will and wish of the people should become law without any arguments. This kind of leadership clears gridlock because at the head of this kind of government is a powerful leader, who is certain to get everything he wants.

The public is also too naïve to know what they are asking for in some cases as well.

The framers created the electoral college to rest the fear that if more than one branch of the government is controlled by the public, then the minority rights will be infringed upon if the government goes along with the public sway. By having the house and the senate directly controlled by the people, the presidency had to be controlled through the electoral college to no let the government be influence too much by public whims.