Outline of American politics

Overview of politics in the U.S.

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to American politics:

American politics – The politics of the United States.

## Features of American politics

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### Branches of government

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* Legislative Branch
* List of United States Congresses
* Executive Branch
* Judicial Branch

### Levels of government

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* National government
* State governments
* Local governments

### Elections

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Main article: Elections in the United States

* Contested elections in American history
* Electoral College
* First-past-the-post voting
* Gerrymandering
* Nonpartisan blanket primary
* Ranked-choice voting
* Runoff voting
* Suffrage

## History of American politics

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Main article: History of the United States

* History of the United States Congress

### Party systems

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* First Party System
* Second Party System
* Third Party System
* Fourth Party System
* Fifth Party System
* Sixth Party System

### Notable events

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* Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
* Direct election of Senators
* Watergate scandal
* Republican Revolution of '94
* Impeachment of Bill Clinton

## American politics organizations

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### Political parties

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Main article: Political parties in the United States

List of political parties in the United States

The two major national parties are:

* Democratic Party
* History of the Democratic Party
* Democrat in name only
* Republican Party
* History of the Republican Party
* Republican in name only

## Documents central to American politics

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* United States Declaration of Independence
* United States Constitution
* The Federalist Papers
* United States Bill of Rights

## Presidency

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Main article: President of the United States

* Acting President of the United States
* Executive Office of the President of the United States
* History
* List of presidents of the United States
* Natural-born-citizen clause (United States)
* Powers of the president of the United States
* Presidential immunity in the United States
* United States presidential election
* United States presidential line of succession

### Joe Biden

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Main article: Presidency of Joe Biden

* American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
* CHIPS and Science Act
* Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

### Donald Trump

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Main article: Presidency of Donald Trump

* Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election
* Donald Trump Supreme Court candidates
* First Step Act
* Great American Outdoors Act
* Post-election lawsuits related to the 2020 U.S. presidential election
* Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
* Trump administration family separation policy
* January 6 United States Capitol attack
* Pardon of January 6 United States Capitol attack defendants
* 2025 United States trade war with Canada and Mexico
* Liberation Day tariffs
* Rhetoric of Donald Trump
* E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump
* Executive Order 13769
* CARES Act
* New York business fraud lawsuit against the Trump Organization
* The Trump Organization
* Impeachment of Donald Trump
* Efforts to impeach Donald Trump
* List of impeachment resolutions introduced against Donald Trump
* Proposed expungements of the impeachments of Donald Trump
* First impeachment of Donald Trump
* First impeachment trial of Donald Trump
* Impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump
* Second impeachment of Donald Trump
* Second impeachment trial of Donald Trump
* Donald Trump Supreme Court candidates
* Trump v. Anderson
* Trumpism
* List of people granted executive clemency by Donald Trump
* Donald Trump sexual misconduct allegations
* List of awards and honors received by Donald Trump
* Stormy Daniels–Donald Trump scandal
* Pseudonyms used by Donald Trump

#### Legal issues

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Main article: Donald Trump § Legal issues

* Personal and business legal affairs of Donald Trump

#### By time

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* Timeline of the Donald Trump presidencies
* First presidency of Donald Trump
* Immigration policy of the first Donald Trump administration
* Legal affairs of the first Donald Trump presidency
* Tariffs in the first Trump administration
* Second presidency of Donald Trump
* Immigration policy of the second Donald Trump administration
* Legal affairs of the second Donald Trump presidency
* Tariffs in the second Trump administration

## Persons influential in American politics

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* Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
* Founding Fathers of the United States
* List of politicians associated with Trumpism

## See also

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* 2021 United States Capitol car attack
* Deep state conspiracy theory in the United States
* Democratic backsliding in the United States
* First hundred days (United States)
* First 100 days of Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency
* First 100 days of Barack Obama's presidency
* First 100 days of Donald Trump's first presidency
* First 100 days of Joe Biden's presidency
* First 100 days of Donald Trump's second presidency
* Left–right political spectrum
* Party switching in the United States
* List of party switchers in the United States
* Slavery in the United States
* War on terror

### Political positions

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* Vice President of the United States
* List of vice presidents of the United States
* Natural-born-citizen clause (United States)
* Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
* List of speakers of the United States House of Representatives
* Chief Justice of the United States
* List of chief justices

## References

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## Further reading

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* Greenstein, Fred I. et al. Evolution of the modern presidency : a bibliographical survey (1977) bibliography and annotation of 2500 scholarly books and articles. online 4

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* Rhode Island
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* South Dakota
* Tennessee
* Texas
* Utah
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* Washington
* West Virginia
* Wisconsin
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Washington, D.C.

Territories|

* American Samoa
* Guam
* Northern Mariana Islands
* Puerto Rico
* U.S. Virgin Islands

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