Problem:
This chart shows how many of seven legislative powers a president is given in each country by that country's constitution. The chart shows the United States as having a very weak executive, but in actuality the president has more power than this chart might lead you to believe. Choose all of the following that might explain the discrepancy between the U.S. president's power according to the chart versus in real life? A chart shows the executive power of the president in many different presidential systems. The x-axis is numbered from 0 to 7. Each number has boxes stacked on top of each other with the abbreviations for various contries. The numbers correspond to a list of executive powers given by that countries constitution. The USA is the only country where 0 of these powers are granted to the executive branch. Countries where the president con issue legislative decrees are Nigeria, Liberia, and Switzerland. Countries where the president can call a national referendum are Surinam, Argentina, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Kenya, Comoros, Maldives, Philippines, Indonesia, Palau, and the Federated States of Micronesia. Countries where the president can declare a national emergency are Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Cyprus. Countries where