The National Administration of the United States of America

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AT the head of the national administration stands the Presi- dent of the United States. He is elected for a term of four years by an indirect process, nominally through a series of elec- toral colleges chosen in the different states, in fact as the result of a party contest where the original voters express directly their preference among the candidates, but where the result de- pends on the system of counting electoral votes, which may give a dominant and excessive influence to a small majority in a few pivotal states. It is not necessary here to discuss in detail the method of election. For, while the formal process is prescribed at some length in the national constitution, the most important features form no part of the national administration, but are regulated by state laws and extra legal political customs.

As this work deals only with the national administration, it

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