Outline of American politics explained

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

Branches of government

• Legislative Branch
• Executive Branch
• Judicial Branch

Levels of government

• National government
• State governments
• Local governments

Elections

See 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

• History of the United States Congress

Party systems

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

Notable events

• Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
• Direct election of Senators
• Watergate scandal
• Republican Revolution of '94
• Impeachment of Bill Clinton
• Impeachment of Donald Trump
• Second impeachment of Donald Trump

General American politics concepts

• Political spectrum

American politics organizations

Political parties

See main article: Political parties in the United States. List of political parties in the United States

The two major national parties are:

• Democratic Party
• Republican Party

Documents central to American politics

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

Positions in American politics

• President of the United States
• Vice President of the United States
• Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
• Chief Justice of the United States

Persons influential in American politics

• Founding Fathers of the United States
• List of presidents

Further reading

• 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