像老川喊的，大美是战斗。

Canada

In Canada, the role of the Head of State is mostly ceremonial, non-political and distinct from the role of the head of government. Our Head of State is the hereditary monarch, represented by the Governor General.

Canada’s head of government—the person who leads the federal government and runs the business of the country―is the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister is chosen through an electoral process but is not elected directly. Generally, the Prime Minister is the leader of the party that wins the most seats in the House of Commons in a general election.

There are currently 338 seats in the House of Commons. Each member of Parliament is elected to represent one electoral district (also known as a “riding” or “constituency”). A federal election takes place in each of the country’s ridings and is overseen and coordinated by Elections Canada, an independent, non-partisan agency. Provincial, territorial and local elections take place separately and are organized by their own independent election agencies.

United States

In the US, the Head of State and head of government are one person: the President. Americans vote separately for their President, senators and congressional representatives. During a US election, voters have to choose officials for more than 500,000 positions at the federal, state and local levels. There is no national election system. Each of the 50 states runs the election with its own rules and processes.

A unique feature of the US system for choosing a President is the Electoral College. In this system, the presidential candidate who gets the most votes across the country does not automatically win the election. Instead, when voters cast their vote for the President, they are actually voting for a group of officials who will represent their state at the Electoral College. It is these officials who vote for the presidential candidate. The candidate with the most votes in the Electoral College wins the presidency.