Contrasting Political Systems: US, North Korea, And The United Kingdom

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Laura York
Mr. Reece
American Government AP
25 September 2017
Contrasting Political Systems The United States of America, North Korea, and the United Kingdom all three have contrasting political systems. With different political systems, they have different decision making processes, economic systems, and the peoples’ personal freedoms’. For the United States the decision making would be through the people’s votes of elected government representatives. The US is a republic. For North the leader, Korea Kim Jong Un makes every decision for their government because it is a country ran under dictatorship. In the United Kingdom, the prime minister is the head of the government and makes every decision for their government. The United Kingdom

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