Presidential and parliamentary systems are the two most common forms of democracies throughout the world; though the term “democracy” is used to describe each nation’s distinct origin of civic rule, whether achieved through monarchy, regime change, or revolution. A comparative analysis between Parliamentary systems of government and that of a presidential system, reveals a disparate authority whereby the distribution of power is either centralized or divided. In a presidential system, as that of America’s Constitutional Republic, government power is dispersed through a system of checks and balances to allow a thriving, yet divided government, under the authority of the people’s representation. In a parliamentary system of government, power is concentrated and appropriated through a system of proportional representation; the party has the power of appointment in the legislative body, whereas a presidential system’s president is elected by the people indirectly through an Electoral College.