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  2. United States Electoral College - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, the Electoral College is the group of presidential electors that is formed every four years during the presidential election for the sole purpose of voting for the president and vice president. The process is described in Article II of the U.S. Constitution. [1] The number of electoral votes a state has equals its number ...

  3. List of states and territories of the United States - Wikipedia

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    A map of the United States showing its 50 states, federal district and five inhabited territories. Alaska, Hawaii, and the territories are shown at different scales, and the Aleutian Islands and the uninhabited northwestern Hawaiian Islands are omitted from the map. The United States of America is a federal republic [1] consisting of 50 states ...

  4. List of current United States senators - Wikipedia

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    Total. 100. Independent Sens. Angus King of Maine, Bernie Sanders of Vermont, and Joe Manchin of West Virginia caucus with the Democratic Party; [1][2][3][4] independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona does not caucus with the Democrats, but is "formally aligned with the Democrats for committee purposes." [5]

  5. Federal government of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The federal government of the United States (U.S. federal government or U.S. government) [a] is the national government of the United States, a federal republic located primarily in North America, composed of 50 states, five major self-governing territories, several island possessions, and the federal district (national capital) of Washington ...

  6. List of federal agencies in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Federal judiciary of the United States. The federal judiciary consists of courts established under Article Three of the United States Constitution. These are the. Supreme Court. Circuit Courts of Appeals. District Courts. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. Court of International Trade.

  7. United States federal executive departments - Wikipedia

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    The United States federal executive departments are the principal units of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States. They are analogous to ministries common in parliamentary or semi-presidential systems but (the United States being a presidential system) they are led by a head of government who is also the head of state.

  8. Race and ethnicity in the United States - Wikipedia

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    People who identify their origin as Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino may be of any race. 124. Per the 2019 American Community Survey, the leading ancestries for Hispanic Americans are Mexican (37.2 million) followed by Puerto Rican (5.83 million), Cuban (2.38 million), and Salvadoran (2.31 million). [ 125 ]

  9. Pete Buttigieg - Wikipedia

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    e. Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg (/ ˈbuːtɪdʒədʒ / ⓘ BOO-tij-əj; [ a ] born January 19, 1982) is an American politician and former naval officer who is serving as the 19th United States Secretary of Transportation. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 32nd mayor of South Bend, Indiana, from 2012 to 2020, which earned him ...