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Encyclopedia: American politics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | Its structure is similar to that of the state and national governments, with an elected mayor as chief of the executive branch and an elected council that represents the various neighborhoods forming the legislative branch. |
 | | Americans have come to rely on their governments to perform a wide variety of tasks which, in the early days of the republic, people did for themselves. |
 | | Thus, for an American to say that he or she is a member of, say, the Democratic party, is quite different from a Briton's stating that he or she is a member of the Labour party. |
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