People first vote for the legislature (535 members in total) in each state, then they ballot the U.S Electoral College that in turn votes for the president and the vice-president: this is called the Indirect Vote. The politic here in USA is highly influenced by money. All wealthy people now put their money for campaign in order to convince people to vote for the candidate that they want. Almost every position in the U.S government is occupied after a vote to design person who will be on that position. Again, when there is a problem in the world where USA and France have to interfere, the two governments work together to have a solution.
Also, economy is the best indicator of whether a country is in good shape or not. The French economy is diversified across all sectors. The government maintains a strong presence in some sectors, particularly power, public transport, and defense industry. However, the government has partially or fully privatized many large companies such as, Renault, France Telecom, and Air France. The economy is not based on individual property, but on collective and governmental properties. The French are more socialist. France is the most visited country in the world, and it maintain the third largest income in the world from tourism, with at least 79 million foreign visitors per year. Since 2008, the unemployment rate has drastically increased, especially among young to reach the 25% in Paris, according to nationmaster.com. France is not as independent to grow faster as it wants because it is a part of European Union and therefore needs to wait to other member to be able to grow together. .
On the other hand, the U.S is the largest and the most technologically powerful economy in the world. In this market-oriented economy, private individual and business firms make most of the decision; the federal and state governments buy needed goods and services predominantly in the private marketplace.
