The President of the United States

Chief executive

• Of the fifteen executive departments and the numerous federal agencies that help carry out government policy.

• The responsibility to see that government programs are carried out and that the laws passed by Congress are implemented.

• The authority to order troops into action and to call them back home.

• The job of formulating the nation’s plans and procedures for dealing with other countries.

chief of state

• The primary representatives of the nation.

• Leader of his or her political party.

• The president takes on the role of the symbolic figurehead of the United States. ​

• The authority to order troops into action and to call them back home.

party leader

• Leader of his or her political party.

• The primary representatives of the nation.

• The president takes on the role of the symbolic figurehead of the United States.

commander in chief

• The responsibility to see that government programs are carried out and that the laws passed by Congress are implemented.

• The job of formulating the nation’s plans and procedures for dealing with other countries.

• The authority to order troops into action and to call them back home.

foreign policy leader

• The authority to order troops into action and to call them back home.

• The job of formulating the nation’s plans and procedures for dealing with other countries

• The primary representatives of the nation.

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chief citizen

• The primary representatives of the nation.

• Leader of his or her political party.

• The responsibility to see that government programs are carried out and that the laws passed by Congress are implemented.

Draw yourself as a president

Number of electors

• 538

• 535

• 1

Who succeeds the vice president?

• Vice vice president

• President

• Speaker of the House

• Secretary of statae