The uniqueness of the United States democracy can be observed in the three focal points laid out by the authors, separation of power, primary …show more content…
Institutional configuration of presidentialsim, bicameralism and the federalism system bring the U.S. allocation of power in line with only four other states out of the 31 state study. Additionally, an added filter that separates the U.S. framework is a common-law legal system with judicial review that can be seen in only three other states in the study. Furthermore, these two filters combined leave the U.S. as the only state out of the study that has the combination institutional parameters of persidentialism, federalism and common-law tradition with a strong judicial review. Primary elections, especially unique in the United States, are a direct result of uncentralized political parties in the U.S. electoral system and no constitutional layout for elections.